Selected recent results
Publications
Recent papers on planet formation and planetary atmospheres, including our 2026 results. Deep Dive explains the group-led studies; the list below also includes recent collaborations.
Group-led papers
Photometric Variability and Rotation of β Pictoris b from JWST NIRCam Coronagraphic Imaging
Zhou et al. · September 2026 · The Astronomical Journal
Refereed paperRead the Deep Dive: Measuring a nine-hour day on β Pictoris b
A Search for Wide-orbit Planets around M Dwarfs Using Deep MIRI 15 μm Images
Li et al. · July 2026 · The Astronomical Journal
Refereed paperRead the Deep Dive: Searching existing JWST images for cold giant planets
Asymmetric nightside CO2 features, inefficient heat transport, and precise evolutionary constraints: Spectroscopic phase curves reveal the past and present of a white dwarf-brown dwarf binary
Broski-Laing et al. · June 2026 · arXiv e-prints
PreprintRead the Deep Dive: Day and night on a brown dwarf beside a white dwarf
Gray Spectral Variability in Three Brown Dwarfs Observed by HST/WFC3 Time-series Observations
Chapleski & Zhou · February 2026 · The Astrophysical Journal
Refereed paperRead the Deep Dive: When brown dwarfs change brightness without much change in color
Characterizing the Time Variability of 2M1207 A + b with JWST NIRSpec/PRISM
Adams et al. · November 2025 · The Astronomical Journal
Refereed paperRead the Deep Dive: Following a young planet's changing spectrum with JWST
Evidence for Variable Accretion onto PDS 70 c and Implications for Protoplanet Detections
Zhou et al. · February 2025 · The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Refereed paperRead the Deep Dive: PDS 70 c: a growing planet changes brightness
Recent collaborations
Ultraviolet Imaging of SR 12 c with HST/WFC3: Accretion and Variability of a Giant Planet at the End Stages of Growth
Finley et al. · August 2026 · The Astronomical Journal
Refereed paper
The JWST Early Release Science Program for Direct Observations of Exoplanetary Systems VIII: patchy forsterite and enstatite clouds in the atmosphere of VHS 1256 b, retrieval lessons learned and outlook to the future
Whiteford et al. · August 2026 · arXiv e-prints
Preprint
Direct Imaging Discovery of Giant Exoplanet β Pictoris d: A Decade-long Game of Hide-and-seek
Sutlieff et al. · July 2026 · The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Refereed paper
The JWST weather report: Unravelling the atmospheric variability of isolated worlds using principal component analysis
Schrader et al. · July 2026 · arXiv e-prints
Preprint
J0404+1112: A 3-Hour Eclipsing White Dwarf-Brown Dwarf Probing Multiple Atmospheric Regimes
de Wit et al. · June 2026 · arXiv e-prints
Preprint
Disentangling auroral-, cloud-, and magnetic spot-driven variability in three early L dwarfs with HST/WFC3
O'Toole et al. · May 2026 · Astronomy & Astrophysics
Refereed paper
Complete record
Find the full publication list in NASA ADS.
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