Interstellar Updates

Catalytic non-energetic formation of diverse peptides on cosmic dust under extraterrestrial conditions
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1038/s42004-026-02159-4

Deep Learning-Based Coarse Alignment and Cophasing of a Distributed-Aperture Telescope. Application to the Small ExoLife Finder (SELF)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.25173

RISTRETTO: Assembly and Testing of the Seven-spaxel, High-resolution, Diffraction-limited Spectrograph
https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.25867

Flyby-induced high-eccentricity migration and the prevalence of hot Jupiters in M67
https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.24874

Discovery and Characterization of the TOI-4468 Planetary System: A Transiting Hot Jupiter With a Lone Nearby Outer Companion
https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.25208

JWST color sequence of transiting exoplanets and directly imaged substellar objects
https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.25993

Spatially Scanned STIS Spectra of the Exoplanet Host Star 55 Cnc
https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.25184

Ammonium Salt Formation and Abundance in Protoplanetary Disks
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ae8f35

Magnesium silicate condensation in sub-Neptune envelopes: the fundamental link between chemistry, structure, and observables
https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.24873

JWST Transmission Spectroscopy of TOI-3235 b: Challenges in Constraining Giant Planet Atmospheres around M Dwarfs amid Stellar Contamination
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/ae9545

Quantitative Links between Formation and Atmospheric Composition for Giant Planets
https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.23682

On-sky demonstration of self-learning predictive control with MagAO-X
https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.24339

NEXT: The Netherlands EXoplanet Testbed I. Goals and opto-mechanical design
https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.24442

Cassiopee: Defining the next-generation deformable mirror and high-speed SWIR camera for adaptive optics applications
https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.24526

A Planet as the Possible Cause of the HD 181327 Debris Disk Asymmetry
https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stag1600

Magma as a carrier of non-stoichiometric oxygen linking Earth’s interior and atmosphere
https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwag539

Vulnerable microbial communities in Atacama-Altiplano wetlands: modern analogs of ancient ecosystems with implications for sustainability and conservation
https://doi.org/10.1093/femsmc/xtag045

A micronova burst in the intermediate polar IGR J17014-4306
https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stag1579

From bioinspired wings to hydrogen propulsion: a mechanical engineering perspective on next-generation UAVs
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2631-8695/ae94ff

Asgard/NOTT: Status of laboratory nulling performance
https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.18951

The Inbound Gas and Dust Evolution of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS from Optical Spectroscopy and Multi-band Photometry
https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.18371

Wet Removal and Cloud Enhancement: The Microphysics of Cloud-Haze Interactions on Sub-Neptunes
https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.19100

A Search for helium in the atmospheres of three sub-Neptunes and a super-Earth around M-dwarfs
https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.19030

Stellar Abundances as Probes of Rocky Exoplanet Interiors: The Mantle Composition and Mineralogy of GJ 486b
https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.18457