Interstellar Updates

 

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March 31, 2026 updates

Revisiting Darwin’s Warm Little Pond in the 21st Century: Land-Based Scenarios for Life’s Origins
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/15311074261434368

The Planetary and its uses: Grounding political economy in an astrobiological perspective
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/20530196261434014

Giant Planet Lagrange Points L2 as Locations for Photon Sail Manufacturing Facilities
https://bis-space.com/shop/product/jbis-079-03-0107/

Optimal Energy and Resource Distribution in Kardashev Type III Civilizations
https://bis-space.com/shop/product/jbis-079-02-0052/

Ultra-Long Wave Civilization Filter: a Selective Approach to Interstellar Communication
https://bis-space.com/shop/product/jbis-079-02-0038/

From assembly to first light: integration, testing, and commissioning of the Henrietta Exoatmosphere spectrograph
https://spie.org/astronomical-telescopes-instrumentation/presentation/From-assembly-to-first-light–integration-testing-and-commissioning/14149-411

A cloudy fit to the atmosphere of WASP-107 b
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2026/04/aa58447-25/aa58447-25.html

The influence of hypothetical exomoons on planetary thermal phase curves
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2026/04/aa55379-25/aa55379-25.html

From dust to planets – II. Effects of wide binary companions and external photoevaporation on planetesimal and embryo formation
https://academic.oup.com/mnras/advance-article/doi/10.1093/mnras/stag602/8551344

Orbyts: Transit timing variations
https://academic.oup.com/astrogeo/article/67/2/2.27/8540141

Identifying Exoplanets with Deep Learning. VI. Enhancing Neural Network Mitigation of Stellar Activity RV Signals with Additional Metrics
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/ae45fd

Planet−Disk Interactions and the Convective Overstability. I. Low-mass Planets
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ae4d15

ASTER — Agentic Science Toolkit for Exoplanet Research
https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.26953

Recent Progress in the Characterization of the Atmosphere of Exoplanets: Observations, Models
https://acopen.umsida.ac.id/index.php/acopen/article/view/13828

The Exploration of Exoplanets Based on The Transit Method
https://drpress.org/ojs/index.php/ajst/article/view/33322

GSF-22 -Resonant Chains on the Scale Manifold: From Kepler Projection to Corridor Capture in Exoplanet Systems
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/402124699_GSF-22_-Resonant_Chains_on_the_Scale_Manifold_From_Kepler_Projection_to_Corridor_Capture_in_Exoplanet_Systems

Origins of Compact Mean-Motion Resonances: Evidence for Long-Range Migration and the Case of Kepler-36
https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.27093

Quantifying Building Blocks of Life in Planetary Analog Materials: Implications for Prebiotic Chemistry and Biosignature Identification
https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.27598

Closeby Habitable Exoplanet Survey (CHES). V. Planetary Parameters Derived from Angular Separation Variations
https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.27603

Exoformer: Accelerating Bayesian atmospheric retrievals with transformer neural networks
https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.27623

Planet-star interactions with precise transit timing. V. Tidal decay of hot Jupiters through wave breaking
https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.28157

Weighing the mass of LHS 3844 b
https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.28237

Mass determination of the ultra-short-period planet LHS 3844 b. First K-band radial velocity measurements with CRIRES+
https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.28238

The KPF-SLOPE Survey – Small, Compact Multi-Planet Systems Appear Spin-Orbit Aligned
https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.23713

Asymptotic stability of laser-driven lightsails: Orders of magnitude enhancement by optical dispersion engineering in gratings
https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.26991

March 30, 2026 Updates

The GAPS Programme at the TNG LXXII. TOI-5734b: A hot sub-Neptune orbiting a relatively young K dwarf with an Earth-like density★
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2026/04/aa55931-25/aa55931-25.html

Inhomogeneous magnetic coupling in exoplanets: The stop and go of WASP-18 b’s atmospheric flows
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2026/04/aa58210-25/aa58210-25.html

A tension between dust and gas radii: The role of substructures and external photoevaporation in protoplanetary disks
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2026/04/aa54500-25/aa54500-25.html

Exocomets of β Pictoris II. Two dynamical families of exocomets simulated with REBOUND
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2026/04/aa56139-25/aa56139-25.html

Dynamics of the TWA 7 planetary system and possibility of an additional planet
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2026/04/aa59112-26/aa59112-26.html

The PAIRS project: a global formation model for planets in binaries I. Effect of disc truncation on the growth of S-type planets
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2026/04/aa57243-25/aa57243-25.html

The PAIRS project: a global formation model for planets in binaries II. Gravitational perturbation effects from secondary stars
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2026/04/aa57244-25/aa57244-25.html

Lost in space
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0262407926005130

Interstellar comet has water unlike any in our solar system
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0262407926005051

Inside the drive to take antimatter on a continental road trip
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0262407926004938

Structural analysis of aerographite solar sail topologies
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S009457652600216X

Direct Imaging for the Debris Disk around epsilon Eridani with the Cool-planet Imaging Coronagraph
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1674-4527/ae4a03

Warm Debris Disk Candidates around Nearby FGK Stars from LAMOST DR12
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1674-4527/ae4bb0

A Possible Mechanism to Explain the Prograde Equatorial Jet of a Jupiter-like Gaseous Giant
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ae518c

“Popcorn Planets” Are Not Actively Inflated by Eccentricity Tides
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ae517e

The First Dedicated Survey of Atmospheric Escape from Planets Orbiting F Stars
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/ae4e17

TOI-7169 b: A Hot Jupiter Transiting a Metal-Poor Star
https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.25787

The role of inner disk edges in shaping ultra-short-period planet systems around late M dwarfs
https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.26204

The atmosphere of K2-18 b: The role of hazes, clouds and photoelectrons
https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.26474

March 27, 2026 updates

Clouds with a silicate lining: Using JWST spectra to probe atmospheric diversity in young AB Dor L dwarfs
https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.24662

Disentangling auroral, cloud and magnetic spot driven variability in three early L-dwarfs with HST/WFC3
https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.24663

GJ 523b is a Massive, 170 Myr-old Mega-Earth, Likely on a Polar Orbit
https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.24682

From dust to planets — II. Effects of wide binary companions and external photoevaporation on planetesimal and embryo formation
https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.24710

Deep radiative zones affect the planetary cooling and internal structure: implications for exoplanet characterisation
https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.24777

Resizing the giants: How modelling adiabatic interiors impacts predicted planetary radii
https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.24779

SaNDi-SHoP: Searching for Satellites’N’Disks with a Star-Hopping Program I. Analysis of the close surroundings of DI companions
https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.24796

On the importance of laboratory experiments for interpreting exoplanet observations
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10509-026-04564-6

Flare-driven habitability: Expanding life’s potential around low-mass stars
https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.24944

A post-perihelion constraint on the CO2/H2O ratio of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS from [O I] forbidden lines
https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.25002

The Circumbinary Disc of HD 34700A II. Analysis of a strong dust asymmetry
https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.25541

Identifying Surface Degeneracies in Single-Visit Reflected Light Observations of Modern Earth using the Habitable Worlds Observatory
https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.25694

Cloudy solutions for the clear skies of WASP-80b: 3D cloud feedback on the atmosphere and spectra of a warm Jupiter
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.23406

Isotopic Signature of Organic Molecules from Beyond the Solar System: An Enriched Methane D/H Ratio in the Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS
https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.20445

HiDef Neighbors: Solar System objects as exoplanet analogs: I. Gaseous objects
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2026/03/aa55769-25/aa55769-25.html

Simulated microgravity alters sperm navigation, fertilization and embryo development in mammals
https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-026-09734-4

Direct Spectroscopic Confirmation of the Young Embedded Protoplanet WISPIT 2c
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ae4b3b

THE FIRST CIRCUMBINARY PLANET FOUND BY MICROLENSING: OGLE-2007-BLG-349L(AB)c
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/0004-6256/152/5/125

The PAIRS project: a global formation model for planets in binaries: I. Effect of disc truncation on the growth of S-type planets
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2026/04/aa57243-25/aa57243-25.html

The PAIRS project: a global formation model for planets in binaries: II. Gravitational perturbation effects from secondary stars
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2026/04/aa57244-25/aa57244-25.html

From Space Dust to Protocells: Micrometeorites in Early Cellular Evolution
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/15311074261434670

Observation Variable Framework for Exoplanet Habitability and Biosignatures
https://spj.science.org/doi/10.34133/space.0314

Exploring hidden cosmic highways: stability and orbital dynamics of quasi-Lagrangian points in the Kepler-1625 exoplanetary system
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12036-026-10141-8

Exocometary Physics: Material Release and Tails
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11214-026-01284-9

Hot Rocks Survey. V. Secondary Eclipse Photometry of GJ 3473 b with JWST/MIRI
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/ae4c45

A Possible Mechanism to Explain the Prograde Equatorial Jet of a Jupiter-like Gaseous Giant
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ae518c

March 26, 2026 updates

A multi-scale framework with machine learning for hydrogen transport properties in nuclear thermal propulsion
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0306454926002094

Perovskite Solar Cells for Space Applications: Progress, Perspectives, and Remaining Challenges
https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/19/6/1432

Simulating ultrarelativistic beam-plasma instabilities with a quasistatic particle-in-cell code
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0010465526001220

Organosulfur Chemistry on sub-Neptunes: Implications for hazes and biosignatures
https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.18923

Benchmarking Astrochemistry Paradigms: Relative Absence of C6H5CN+ in the Diffuse ISM
https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.23739

Toward a systems view of life’s origins: Modeling the emergence of complexity across chemical, informational and ecological levels
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S245231002600017X

Detection of nucleotides with gas chromatography – mass spectrometry (GC-MS) using trimethylsulfonium hydroxide (TMSH) and tetramethylammonium hydroxide (TMAH) thermochemolysis: Characterization, comparison and application to future experiments onboard space probes
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0039914026003401

Toward extraterrestrial librarianship: Designing knowledge systems for human settlements in space
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S246889672600039X

Short-Term Turbulence Prediction for Seeing Using Machine Learning
https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.24466

Gas dynamics around dust asymmetries in turbulent disks
https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.24184

Exoplanet Search and Characterization with the Proposed POET Canadian Space Mission
https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.24485

A Physical Classification of Exoplanet Thermal Environments: Stellar Irradiation versus Tidal Heating
https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.23557

 

March 25, 2026 Updates

Ecological modelling of hycean worlds
https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.22491

Insights into the Exoplanet Radius Valley from Host-Star Ages, Activity, Chemistry, and Birth Radius
https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.21581

Atmospheric Collapse and Habitability on Tidally Locked Exoplanets
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ae47f2

Feasibility constraints and detectability of habitable class B stellar engines at maximum performance
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1402-4896/ae4a5c

Automatic search for transiting planets in TESS-SPOC FFIs with RAVEN: over 100 newly validated planets and over 2000 vetted candidates
https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.22597

First Detection of the Glycine Isomer Glycolamide in Hot Molecular Core
https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.23170

Turning the knobs on dust evolution: Comparing codes, parameters and their effects on planet formation and disc observables
https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.22550

Planet-Planet Scattering Explains the Mass-Eccentricity Relation of Warm Jupiters
https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.22426

Unified Formation Channel of Hot and Warm Jupiters via Planet-Planet Scattering
https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.22409

Formation of spirals in early stage protoplanetary discs
https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.23317

Perihelion observations of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS with the IRAM 30-m telescope
https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.23240

 

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