Interstellar Research Group

Interstellar Updates

 

These are items of interest to the interstellar exploration community that we’ve found in our quest for information that will help us advance toward our goals.  If you know of anything we’ve overlooked, or any sources of such information we should monitor, or if you would like to be added to our IRG-updates mailing list and receive these updates in you email every weekday, please send that information to info@irg.space.

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January 08, 2024 updates

Extraterrestrial Life in Space. Plasmas in the Thermosphere: UAP, Pre-Life, Fourth State of Matter
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/377077692_Extraterrestrial_Life_in_Space_Plasmas_in_the_Thermosphere_UAP_Pre-Life_Fourth_State_of_Matter

Stability of Hydrides in Sub-Neptune Exoplanets with Thick Hydrogen-Rich Atmospheres
https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.02637

JWST/NIRCam Imaging of Young Stellar Objects. I. Constraints on Planets Exterior to The Spiral Disk Around MWC 758
https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.02830

JWST/NIRCam Imaging of Young Stellar Objects. II. Deep Constraints on Giant Planets and a Planet Candidate Outside of the Spiral Disk Around SAO 206462
https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.02834

Holding Aerospace in High Esteem: Insights from Science Fiction
https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/10.2514/6.2024-0406

Modular Dynamic Modeling and Simulation of a Cable-Actuated Flexible Solar Sail
https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/10.2514/6.2024-2436

A Recent Study into the Future of Exploration
https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/10.2514/6.2024-2174

Laser-Sustained Plasma for Deep Space Propulsion: Initial LTP Thruster Results
https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/10.2514/6.2024-2029

Laser Thermal Beamed Energy Propulsion Feasibility Study
https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/10.2514/6.2024-1810

Transformational Propulsion for Fast In-Space Transits
https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/10.2514/6.2024-1808

AI as Custodian of Space-Faring Humanity: Insights from Science Fiction
https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/10.2514/6.2024-0407

AI Can Identify Solar System Instability Billions of Years in Advance
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2515-5172/ad18a6

January 05, 2024 updates

CubeSat Terrariums to Evaluate Biological Systems in Deep Space
https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/10.2514/6.2024-1552

Transformational Propulsion for Fast In-Space Transits
https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/10.2514/6.2024-1808

Interstellar Radioisotope and Modular Architecture (IRMA)
https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/10.2514/6.2024-1151

Weakened Magnetic Braking in the Exoplanet Host Star 51 Peg
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ad0a95

The elusive atmosphere of WASP-12 b / High-resolution transmission spectroscopy with CARMENES
https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.02195

The Implications of ‘Oumuamua on Panspermia
https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.02390

January 04, 2024 updates

Chaotic Dynamics in Planetary Systems
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-45816-3

A Laboratory Model for Iron Snow in Planetary Cores
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023GL105697

Correcting Exoplanet Transmission Spectra for Stellar Activity with an Optimized Retrieval Framework
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ad0369

GJ 367b is a dark, hot, airless sub-Earth
https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.01400

Stability of 20 Biogenic Amino Acids in Concentrated Sulfuric Acid: Implications for the Habitability of Venus’ Clouds
https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.01441

Is the atmosphere of the ultra-hot Jupiter WASP-121b variable?
https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.01465

Measuring the Stellar and Planetary Properties of the 51 Eridani System
https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.01468

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