Interstellar Updates

Could Mathematics Be the Language of the Universe?: An Insight from Our Distant Relatives
https://direct.mit.edu/leon/article-abstract/doi/10.1162/LEON.a.2591/134427/Could-Mathematics-Be-the-Language-of-the-Universe?

A Plasma Torus around a Young Low-mass Star
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ade39a

3I/ATLAS: A Unified Framework and Live Test for Field‑Mediated ISO Dynamics
https://zenodo.org/records/18058232

Methanogens Through Geological Time and Space: Impact on Planetary Evolution and Significance for Life Beyond Earth
https://www.preprints.org/manuscript/202512.2466

One-dimensional and time-dependent modelling of complex organic molecules in protostars
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.00731

Magnetic star-planet interaction in the young exoplanet system DS Tucanae Ab
https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-8176281/v1

The Lazuli Space Observatory: Architecture & Capabilities
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.02556

Electron Cyclotron Maser Emission from Ejected Stellar Prominences on V374 Peg
https://academic.oup.com/mnras/advance-article/doi/10.1093/mnras/stag042/8418250

Interpreting Atmospheric Neural Networks: Insights from Explainable AI
https://academic.oup.com/rasti/advance-article/doi/10.1093/rasti/rzag002/8418272

State-Dependence of Polar Amplification in an Idealized GCM
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2025GL118423

Host stars and their effects on exoplanet atmospheres: Reconstructing the missing extreme-ultraviolet and Lyman-alpha radiation that exoplanets see
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/proceedings-of-the-international-astronomical-union/article/host-stars-and-their-effects-on-exoplanet-atmospheres-reconstructing-the-missing-extremeultraviolet-and-lymanalpha-radiation-that-exoplanets-see/C06797C054F2D534737C5F9D8DE792D5

The magnetic field and space environment of known exoplanet hosts: GJ 436 and HD 63433
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/proceedings-of-the-international-astronomical-union/article/abs/magnetic-field-and-space-environment-of-known-exoplanet-hosts-gj-436-and-hd-63433/59B56BE04F0129786DE62C068A4D77F5

Detecting and characterising exoplanets with HARPS-N
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/proceedings-of-the-international-astronomical-union/article/detecting-and-characterising-exoplanets-with-harpsn/C673E2670F88F838E359A0C1D0021122

Refining the exoplanet mass-radius relation using machine learning
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/proceedings-of-the-international-astronomical-union/article/abs/refining-the-exoplanet-massradius-relation-using-machine-learning/C2F3B9A8E1D1A337677D9A115A40A601

Exploring the collinear Lagrangian points of exoplanet systems with P-R drag and oblateness
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/proceedings-of-the-international-astronomical-union/article/abs/exploring-the-collinear-lagrangian-points-of-exoplanet-systems-with-pr-drag-and-oblateness/D613A2D9545168A3E7F56725A9EF6461

Investigating the High-energy Radiation Environment of Planets in Sun-like Binary Systems
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.04593

Understanding the chemistry of temperate exoplanet atmospheres through experimental and numerical simulations
https://www.aanda.org/component/article?access=doi&doi=10.1051/0004-6361/202557541

Accelerating exoplanet climate modelling: A machine learning approach to complement 3D general circulation model grid simulations
https://www.aanda.org/component/article?access=doi&doi=10.1051/0004-6361/202555631

A Next-generation Exoplanet Atmospheric Retrieval Framework NEXOTRANS for Emission Spectroscopy: New Constraints and Atmospheric Characterization of WASP-69 b Using JWST NIRCam and MIRI Observations
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ae1cc5

P.A.V.O.R.A.T: A Protocol for the Systematic Assessment of Orbital Phenomena and Anomalies in Unbound Trajectories: A Stepped Bayesian Framework for the Detection and Characterization of Infrastructure Techno Signatures in Interstellar Objects
https://sciences-archaeology.wren-research-journals.com/1/article/view/4

Observing Exoplanet Biosignatures outside the Conservative Habitable Zone
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/proceedings-of-the-international-astronomical-union/article/observing-exoplanet-biosignatures-outside-the-conservative-habitable-zone/ED4EE3162F63B7F4FDF953F830F3FC27

Active spinning control for a flexible photonic electric solar wind sail spacecraft
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0094576525009099

Solar Cruiser Disturbance Torque Estimation and Predictive Momentum Management
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.00532

Iodine plasmas for space propulsion and industrial applications
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1538-3873/ae2b36

Spectropolarimetric characterisation of exoplanet host stars in preparation of the Ariel mission: II. The magnetised wind environment of TOI-1860, DS Tuc A, and HD 63433
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2026/01/aa57581-25/aa57581-25.html

No TiO detected in the hot-Neptune-desert planet LTT-9779 b in reflected light at high spectral resolution
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2026/01/aa57240-25/aa57240-25.html

Transit Photometry and Ephemeris Refinement of WASP-12 b Using TESS Data
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.04484

Investigating the High-energy Radiation Environment of Planets in Sun-like Binary Systems
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.04593

Energetic particles accelerated via turbulent magnetic reconnection in protoplanetary discs – I: ionisation rates
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.05060

A young progenitor for the most common planetary systems in the Galaxy
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09840-z

Demographics of Close-In TESS Exoplanets Orbiting FGK Main-sequence Stars
https://academic.oup.com/mnras/advance-article/doi/10.1093/mnras/stag022/8416408

Determining the Detectability of H2O with Photometric Observations Using Bayesian Analysis for Remote Biosignature Identification on exo-Earths (BARBIE)
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/ae29b1

Estimation of the tidal heating in the TRAPPIST-1 planets. Influence of the internal structure
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.03408

Disc fragmentation. II. Ejection of low mass Free Floating Planets from growing binary systems
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.03820

The uncertainty in water mass fraction of wet planets
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.03932

Formation of multi-planetary systems via pebble accretion in externally photoevaporating discs in stellar clusters
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.03963

Two-source terrestrial planet formation with a sweeping secular resonance
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.04032

Secular Excitation of Polar Neptune Orbits in Pure Disk-Planet Systems
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.04140

New census of sun’s neighbors reveals best potential real estate for life
https://phys.org/news/2026-01-census-sun-neighbors-reveals-potential.html

ALMA devours cosmic ‘hamburger,’ reveals potential for giant planet formation
https://phys.org/news/2026-01-alma-devours-cosmic-hamburger-reveals.html

No TiO detected in the hot-Neptune-desert planet LTT-9779 b in reflected light at high spectral resolution
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2026/01/aa57240-25/aa57240-25.html

Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS: Evidence for Galactic Cosmic-Ray Processing
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ae2fff

Helium Atmospheres May Hide in Current Exoplanet Analysis Frameworks
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ae2f5c

Towards a global model for planet formation in layered MHD wind-driven discs: A population synthesis approach to investigate the impact of low viscosity and accretion layer thickness
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.02479

Catching 3I/ATLAS Using a Solar Oberth
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.02533

Dearth of Photosynthetically Active Radiation Suggests No Complex Life on Late M-Star Exoplanets
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.02548

Where does the simplified Stellar Contamination Model fail in Exoplanet Transmission Spectroscopy?
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.02621

Quantifying the Contamination of TESS Ecliptic-Plane Light Curves by Minor Planets
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.02637

TOI-4495: A Pair of Aligned, Near-Resonant Sub-Neptunes that Likely Experienced Overstable Migration
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.02665

Avi Loeb Says Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS Is “Most Likely Natural” As It Heads Away From Earth
https://www.iflscience.com/avi-loeb-says-interstellar-object-3iatlas-is-most-likely-natural-as-it-heads-away-from-earth-81981

Superluminal Physics: Beyond Speed of Light Limit Hypothesis and Tunnelling Time
https://philarchive.org/rec/SMASPB

Dynamic Interaction of 2I/Borisov with a Structured Solar Flow: Observational Evidence from Geometric and Temporal Signatures
https://zenodo.org/records/18145275

Where We Have Gone Before – On the Role of Perceived Collective Continuity and the Support of SETI, and L estimations in the Drake Equation
https://zenodo.org/records/18141271

Communicative Universals and the Limits of Language in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
https://zenodo.org/records/18112516

Preparing for Discoveries in the Search for Life
https://zenodo.org/records/18157486

Environmental Coherence in Exoplanet Science: Populations, Bias, and Rocky Atmospheres
https://zenodo.org/records/18143125

The Ongoing Search for Auroral Radio Emission from Exoplanets
https://zenodo.org/records/18100251

Preliminary Findings from the NASA Exoplanet Exploration Program’s Technosignature Survey
https://zenodo.org/records/18089622

Exoplanet Biosignature and Technosignature Complementarity
https://zenodo.org/records/18064766

Astrobiological Interesting Stars within 20 Parsecs of the Sun
https://zenodo.org/records/18157571

Who watches the watchers?
https://zenodo.org/records/18037540

Stellar Engines: Advanced Spacecraft Propulsion through Extreme Aerospace Engineering Design
https://link.springer.com/book/9783032180612

Interstellar Informatics: Visualizing Space Medicine Through Artificial Intelligence
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-032-06520-9_8

Energetics of star–planet magnetic interactions: Novel insights from 3D modelling
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2026/01/aa56212-25/aa56212-25.html

The Diversity of Cold Worlds: Age and Characterization of the Exoplanet COCONUTS-2 b
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/ae230f

No Turnover Found in Giant-Planet Occurrence Within 3 au Around Low-mass Stars
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2515-5172/ae317a

Speeding Up the GUIBRUSH® retrieval code for modelling exoplanetary atmospheres
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213133725001283

Observable Metal Pollution in Main-Sequence 0.5 to 1.4 M⊙ Range
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.00949

Exo-Geoscience Perspectives Beyond Habitability
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.01177

The MUSCLES Extension for Atmospheric Transmission Spectroscopy: Spectral energy distributions for 20 exoplanet host stars that JWST observed in Cycle 1
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.01628

Physical Vetting of the Ultra-Short-Period Sub-Earth TOI 864.01
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.02171

Hunting for “Oddballs” with Machine Learning: Detecting Anomalous Exoplanets Using a Deep-Learned Low-Dimensional Representation of Transit Spectra with Autoencoders
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.02324

Evidence for a Nonzero Eccentricity Superpuff Exoplanet WASP-107 b Using JWST Occultation Observation
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ae2ac8

A Next-generation Exoplanet Atmospheric Retrieval Framework NEXOTRANS for Emission Spectroscopy: New Constraints and Atmospheric Characterization of WASP-69 b Using JWST NIRCam and MIRI Observations
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ae1cc5

Variable X-Ray Emission of the Planet Hosting T Tauri Star CI Tau
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/ae25e5

Orbital Eccentricities Suggest a Gradual Transition from Giant Planets to Brown Dwarfs
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/ae1fd7

On the use of polarized thermal emission to constrain cloud grain size and temperature structure of sub-stellar objects
https://academic.oup.com/mnras/advance-article/doi/10.1093/mnras/staf2190/8408442?searchresult=1

A free-floating-planet microlensing event caused by a Saturn-mass object
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.00057

Sub-Neptune Memories I: Implications of Inefficient Mantle Cooling and Silicate Rain
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.00059

KMT-2024-BLG-0816/OGLE-2024-BLG-0519 — A Microlensing Event with Candidate Free-Floating Planet Lens and Blended Light
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.00325

Molecular hydrogen controls the temperatures of flares on TRAPPIST-1
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.00386

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

Evidence for a Nonzero Eccentricity Superpuff Exoplanet WASP-107 b Using JWST Occultation Observation
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.00640