Interstellar Updates

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

The Antigravity Enigma: Fiction, Fringe Science, and Modern Physics
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-032-11795-3

Space Anthropology
https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/abs/10.2514/6.2026-2865

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

Development of a 3U Plasma Magnet Technology Demonstrator
https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/abs/10.2514/6.2026-2216

Interplanetary Navigator: Development and Validation through Optimal Control Trajectory Optimisation
https://webthesis.biblio.polito.it/38560/

Hybrid Laser Fusion Thermonuclear Propulsion System
https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/abs/10.2514/6.2026-2906

First Intermission: Why the Existence of the Past Can Make a Difference to How We Feel About Life
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-032-04122-7_4

Directed Information Panspermia as a Possible Method of Interstellar Communication
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/astronomy-and-space-sciences/articles/10.3389/fspas.2026.1721171/abstract

Development of a 3U Plasma Magnet Technology Demonstrator
https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/abs/10.2514/6.2026-2216

Paving the Road to the Habitable Worlds Observatory with High-Resolution Imaging I: New and Archival Speckle Observations of Potential HWO Target Stars
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.05387

Stellar control on atmospheric carbon chemistry, CO runaway, and organic synthesis on lifeless Earth-like planets
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.05480

Two temperate Earth- and Neptune-sized planets orbiting fully convective M dwarfs
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.05799

Distinct Rotational Evolution of Giant Planets and Brown Dwarf Companions
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.05976

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

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

Mass of a rogue exoplanet measured for the first time
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0262407926000382

Dynamical Architectures of S-type Transiting Planets in Binaries. II. A Dichotomy in Orbital Alignment of Small Planets in Close Binary Systems
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/ae2309

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