Interstellar Updates

A Space Propulsion Concept Based on Inertial Confinement: Exploring Nuclear Fusion Utilizing Polywell Geometry
https://www.proquest.com/openview/7022992758055bda62a87a6d444a9571

Could Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) Be from Earth’s Dark (Matter) Biosphere? The Inter-Terrestrial Aliens” Hypothesis (ITH)
https://www.academia.edu/145304901/Could_Unidentified_Aerial_Phenomena_UAP_Be_from_Earths_Dark_Matter_Biosphere_The_Inter_Terrestrial_Aliens_Hypothesis_ITH_

Exoplanet Detection Using TESS, Kepler, and HST/COS Data
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/399798328_Exoplanet_Detection_Using_TESS_Kepler_and_HSTCOS_Data

The Meyler–Fuchs Hybrid Warp Drive: A Positive-Energy, Toroidal-Shell Design with Hyperbolic Shift DynamicsAst
https://www.academia.edu/145403845/The_Meyler_Fuchs_Hybrid_Warp_Drive_A_Positive_Energy_Toroidal_Shell_Design_with_Hyperbolic_Shift_Dynamics

The Activated Bridge: Dynamically-Induced Traversable Wormholes via Counter-Rotational Gravitomagnetic Shear
https://www.academia.edu/145733182/The_Activated_Bridge_Dynamically_Induced_Traversable_Wormholes_via_Counter_Rotational_Gravitomagnetic_Shear

Exploring Undiscovered Principles at the Life-Non-Life Interface Through Chemistry, Physics, and Stellar Phenomena
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/399759055_Exploring_Undiscovered_Principles_at_the_Life-Non-Life_Interface_Through_Chemistry_Physics_and_Stellar_Phenomena

The impact of disc photoevaporation on the long-term evolution of giant planets in mean motion resonances
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.10811

Rotation Period of 3I/ATLAS After Perihelion from Jet Position Angle Wobble and Photometric Variability
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.10860

Detection of four cold Jupiters through combined analyses of radial velocity and astrometry data
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.11280

KMT-2025-BLG-1616Lb: First Microlensing Bound Planet From DREAMS
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.11469

A predictive framework for realistic star-planet radio emission in compact systems
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2026/01/aa57706-25/aa57706-25.html

True spin-orbit obliquity distribution: Data-driven confirmation of no clustering of misaligned planets
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2026/01/aa55173-25/aa55173-25.html

Young M-dwarfs flare activity model: Towards better exoplanetary atmospheric characterisation
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2026/01/aa56844-25/aa56844-25.html

Low-density worlds reveal the secrets of planetary systems
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0262407926000746

The Trajectory of 3I/ATLAS Through the Inner Solar System: Close Encounters and Possible Collisions
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/ae2ea6

Shibastra B Theory for Earth to Proxima Centauri B Journey
https://www.academia.edu/145758935/Shibastra_B_Theory_for_Earth_to_Proxima_Centauri_B_Journey

Discrete Reference Frames Along the Earth-Black Hole Axis: A Conceptual and Quantitative Analysis of Proper Time Near the Event Horizon
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=6036994

Exotic Physics Teleportation via Traversable Wormholes: Theoretical Foundations, Mathematical Structure, Evidence Status, and Engineering Pathways Toward Macroscopic Transport
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/399825932_Exotic_Physics_Teleportation_via_Traversable_Wormholes_Theoretical_Foundations_Mathematical_Structure_Evidence_Status_and_Engineering_Pathways_Toward_Macroscopic_Transport

Momentum Exchange with Radiation in Euclidean Special Relativity: A Geometrical Interpretation with Implications for Propulsion
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/399667411_Momentum_Exchange_with_Radiation_in_Euclidean_Special_Relativity_A_Geometrical_Interpretation_with_Implications_for_Propulsion

Technological Singularity despite Decentralized Consumption (TSDC) and Its Implications for Extraterrestrial Civilization Exploration
https://www.academia.edu/129756369/Technological_Singularity_despite_Decentralized_Consumption_TSDC_and_Its_Implications_for_Extraterrestrial_Civilization_Exploration?sm=b&rhid=37397469293

Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO): Living Worlds Community Working Group: The Search for Life on Potentially Habitable Exoplanets
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.09766

HOPS-288: A Laboratory for Complex Organics in Proto-multiple Systems
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.08948

Photoactive elemental sulfur allotropes promote extensive ammonia synthesis in Venus-like atmosphere
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12783716/

Electric Fields Can Assist Prebiotic Reactivity on Hydrogen Cyanide Surfaces
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acscentsci.5c01497

Observation of a mixed close-packed structure in superionic water
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-67063-2

Modeling the Effect of C/O Ratio on Complex Carbon Chemistry in Cold Molecular Clouds
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.04103

A comprehensive study of the relations between the properties of planetary systems and the chemical compositions of their host stars
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.00962

The Persistent Thermal Anomalies in Rocky Worlds
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.00412

Mass estimates of the young TOI-451 transiting planets: Multidimensional Gaussian Process on stellar spectroscopic and photometric signals
https://academic.oup.com/mnras/advance-article/doi/10.1093/mnras/stag087/8425381

The Influence of Chemical Structure on the Electronic Structure of Propylene Oxide
https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/26/23/11729

Investigation of Space Biocementation under Microgravity via Enzyme-Induced Carbonate Precipitation
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2949929126000021

Cross-domain convergence of generative models: From biomedical to astronomical applications
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S266682702600006X

A Photonic Sail of Utmost Simplicitiy: The Ribbon
https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/10.2514/6.2026-1833

Propulsion Research and Academic Programs at UAH, Space Nuclear Propulsion Focus – 2025
https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/10.2514/6.2026-0061

Young M-dwarfs flare activity model: Towards better exoplanetary atmospheric characterisation
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2026/01/aa56844-25/aa56844-25.html

True spin-orbit obliquity distribution: Data-driven confirmation of no clustering of misaligned planets
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2026/01/aa55173-25/aa55173-25.html

A Robust Launching Mechanism for Freely-Floating Planets from Host Stars with Close-in Planets
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.09835

How disc initial conditions sculpt the atmospheric composition of giant planets
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.10285

TOI-3862 b: A dense super-Neptune deep in the hot Neptune desert
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.10450

sponchpop II: Population Synthesis to Investigate Volatile Sulfur as a Fingerprint of Gas Giant Formation Histories
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.10508

The GAPS programme at TNG LXXI. A sub-Neptune suitable for atmospheric characterization in a multiplanet and mutually inclined system orbiting the bright K dwarf TOI-5789 (HIP 99452)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.11490

Searching for Signs of Life and Habitable Worlds
https://etda.libraries.psu.edu/catalog/22560nxt5197

DUST-Based Propulsion Systems: Theoretical Framework for Advanced Spacecraft
https://www.academia.edu/145764039/DUST_Based_Propulsion_Systems_Theoretical_Framework_for_Advanced_Spacecraft

Stellar engines and Dyson bubbles can be stable
https://academic.oup.com/mnras/advance-article/doi/10.1093/mnras/stag100/8426277

Mass estimates of the young TOI-451 transiting planets: Multidimensional Gaussian Process on stellar spectroscopic and photometric signals
https://academic.oup.com/mnras/advance-article/doi/10.1093/mnras/stag087/8425381

Dual-backend Multibeam Position-switching Targeted SETI Observations toward Nearby Active Planet-hosting Systems with FAST
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/ae28cc

High-contrast L-band Integral Field Spectroscopy of HD 33632 Ab
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ae29a4

A Terrestrial-sized Planet Candidate Orbiting the Nearby M-dwarf TIC 22760643.01
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2515-5172/ae3758

Flare-driven habitability: Expanding life’s potential around low-mass stars
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666675826000123

Electrical conductivities of (Mg,Fe)O at extreme pressures and implications for planetary magma oceans
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1038/s41550-025-02729-x

Magma oceans could host dynamos in massive Earth-like planets
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1038/s41550-025-02731-3

The Interstellar Permafrost Hypothesis for 3I/ATLAS (C/2025 N1)
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/399769286_The_Interstellar_Permafrost_Hypothesis_for_3IATLAS_C2025_N1

Formation and evolution of planetary systems
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.08952

Depletion of moderately volatile elements by pebble accretion in Earth-like planets
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.08958

NIRPS tightens the mass estimate of GJ 3090 b and detects a planet near the stellar rotation period
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.09330

Habitable Worlds Observatory Living Worlds Working Group: Surface Biosignatures on Potentially Habitable Exoplanets
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.08883

Planet-Host Stars Across the Galaxy in the 2040s
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.08890

Base-Invariant Detection of Mathematical Constants in Universal Communication Systems
https://zenodo.org/records/18233478

Modelling Novel Linear Parabolic Magnetic Nozzle Configurations for a Z-Pinch Fusion Propulsion System
https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/10.2514/6.2026-2215

Excitation of planetary inclinations via dynamical bifurcations driven by misaligned disks
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2026/01/aa55897-25/aa55897-25.html

A Case Study on Photostability of Biologically Relevant Anions under Structural Modifications
https://academic.oup.com/mnras/advance-article/doi/10.1093/mnras/stag075/8424237

An Improved Machine Learning Approach for Radio Frequency Interference Mitigation in FAST–SETI Survey Archival Data
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/ae28ca

Anyon qubits and quantum AI beyond interstellar
https://ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/openschoolsjournal/article/view/44022

Exoplanets beyond the Conservative Habitable Zone. I. Habitability
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ae21d7

Exoplanets beyond the Conservative Habitable Zone. II. Occurrence
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ae2262

Dust Properties of the Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS Revealed by Optical and Near-Infrared Polarimetry
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.08591

Jupiter-like uniform metal enrichment in a system of multiple giant exoplanets
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.08227

Rare Near-Opposition Alignment of 3I/ATLAS on 22 January, 2026
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.08624

Astrobiology and SETI: the possible solution of the Fermi paradox
https://www.academia.edu/58559278/Astrobiology_and_SETI_the_possible_solution_of_the_Fermi_paradox

The Maturity Hypothesis: Dimensional Transcendence and the Resolution of the Fermi Paradox
https://www.academia.edu/145908334/The_Maturity_Hypothesis_Dimensional_Transcendence_and_the_Resolution_of_the_Fermi_Paradox_Research_Edition_

Measuring better stellar radius with Gaia: an application to transiting exoplanets
https://repositorio-aberto.up.pt/bitstream/10216/172032/2/753889.pdf

NASA Selects Tech Proposals to Advance Search-for-Life Mission
https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-selects-tech-proposals-to-advance-search-for-life-mission/

How astronomers plan to detect the signatures of alien life in the atmospheres of distant planets
https://phys.org/news/2026-01-astronomers-signatures-alien-life-atmospheres.html

NASA’s Pandora telescope will study stars in detail to learn about the exoplanets orbiting them
https://phys.org/news/2026-01-nasa-pandora-telescope-stars-exoplanets.html

How common are oxygenic photosynthesis and large coal deposits on exoplanets?
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/international-journal-of-astrobiology/article/how-common-are-oxygenic-photosynthesis-and-large-coal-deposits-on-exoplanets/8D45673E4BCB261505C9AC72B73204EF

Disentangling the Hemispheres of Teegarden’s Star b with LIFE
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ae2fdd

Exoplanet characterization with NASA’s Habitable Worlds Observatory
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.06233

Transiting exoplanets as the immediate future for population-level atmospheric science
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.06236

Ultraviolet observations of atmospheric escape in exoplanets with the Habitable Worlds Observatory
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.06263

Incorporating Wavefront Error, Wavefront Sensing and Control, and Sensitivities into Exposure Time Calculations for Future Space Missions with the Error Budget Software (EBS)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.06342

NASA Decadal Astrobiology Research and Exploration Strategy (NASA-DARES 2025) White Paper — Habitable Worlds Observatory Living Worlds Science Cases: Research Gaps and Needs
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.06386

SPHEREx Re-Observation of Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS in December 2025: Detection of Increased Post-Perihelion Activity, Refractory Coma Dust, and New Coma Gas Species
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.06759

Magma Ocean Waves and Thermal Variability on Lava Worlds
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.07080

Characterization of two new transiting sub-Neptunes and a terrestrial planet around M-dwarf hosts
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.07414

Exoplanet transit search at the detection limit: detection and false alarm vetting pipeline
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.07465