Interstellar Updates

Epistemic Pluralism & Astrobiology
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10838-025-09760-6

Exoplanets: The Search for Earth’s Twin
https://link.springer.com/book/9783032226839

Core-Powered Mass-Loss of the Primary Atmospheres of Mini-Neptunes: Influence of Water Content in the Planet Interior and Evolution of the Host Star
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1134/S0038094626600095

Euclid Space Warps citizen science project helps hunt for strong gravitational lenses
https://phys.org/news/2026-04-euclid-space-warps-citizen-science.html

Proton Irradiation of Primitive Atmospheres of Young Exoplanets and Early Earth: N2O Greenhouse Warming and Prebiotic Synthesis
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ae5491

Thin H2-dominated Atmospheres as Signposts of Magmatic Outgassing on Tidally Heated Terrestrial Exoplanets
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/PSJ/ae53e3

Carbon Cycle Imbalances on Arid Terrestrial Planets with Implications for Venus
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.16846

Characterizing Earth analogs may require a moderate or high-resolution spectrograph
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.17554

JWST Exoplanetary Worlds and Elemental Survey (JEWELS) II: Condensation Temperature Trends and Galactic Chemical Evolution in JWST Planet-Hosting Stars
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.18115

Impact of Cold Jupiter Scattering on the Mean-Motion Resonance of Inner Small Planets
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.18252

Rapid and Predictive Planet Population Synthesis Model (RAPPS) I. Upgraded model and resulting synthetic populations
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.18273

Sensitivity of Dry Lava Planet Atmospheric Emission Spectra to Changes in Lava Compositions
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.18301

The T16 Planet Hunt: 10,000 New Planet Candidates from TESS Cycle 1 and the Confirmation of a Hot Jupiter Around TIC 183374187
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.18579

Technique-agnostic exoplanet demography for the Roman era — I. Testing a demography retrieval framework using simulated Kepler-like transit datasets
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.24401

Implications for the formation of Oort cloud-like structures and interstellar comets in dense environments
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2026/04/aa54978-25/aa54978-25.html

TOI-1259Ab: A warm Jupiter orbiting a K-dwarf white-dwarf binary on a low-obliquity orbit
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2026/04/aa56348-25/aa56348-25.html

Extending TESS flare frequency distributions with CHEOPS: Power-law versus lognormal
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2026/04/aa57721-25/aa57721-25.html

To boldly listen…
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0262407926006184

PlanetNet-MMG: A Robust Multi-Modal Graph-Based Deep Learning Model for Exoplanet Candidate Classification
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0957417426013096

Uniform Reinterpretation of Rocky Exoplanet Secondary Eclipse Observations and the Impact of Stellar and Orbital Uncertainties
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.15421

The CARMENES search for exoplanets around M dwarfs. A homogeneous catalogue of projected rotational velocities accounting for limb-darkening
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.15428

ExoNet: Multimodal Deep Learning for TESS Exoplanet Candidate Identification via Phase-Folded Light Curves, Stellar Parameters, and Multi-Head Attention Fusion
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.15560

A gem system with a lava world and a habitable zone sub-Neptune orbiting TOI-1752
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.15816

Benchmarking Two Chemical Networks used in General Circulation Models of Hot Jupiters
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.15850

Beyond the mass-radius plane: Integrated radiative-convective and interior structure simulations of the exoplanet continuum
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.15891

TTV-Not-So-Fast: Uniqueness and Degeneracy in Perturbing Planet Parameters
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.16297

The Neptunian ridge as a natural outcome of high-eccentricity tidal migration
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.16300

Cluster Anions of Hydrated Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons: “Magic” Water Tetramer
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.jpca.6c00211

Icy Volatile Enhancements in Evolving Protoplanetary Disks
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.14124

Uncovering the Rapidly Evolving Orbits of the Dynamic TOI-201 System
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aef2618

GEMS JWST: HATS-75 b — A giant planet with a sub-solar metallicity atmosphere orbiting an M-dwarf
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.07268

Carbon Cycle Imbalances on Arid Terrestrial Planets with Implications for Venus
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/PSJ/ae4faa

SPHEREx Widefield Infrared Spectral Mapping of Interstellar Ices and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ae5180

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

Combining spectroscopy and wavefront control at deep contrast with photonic lanterns
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.14276

A Fast and Physically Grounded Ocean Model for GCMs: The Dynamical Slab Ocean Model of the Generic-PCM (rev. 3423)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.14342

Simulating the interplay between the snowline pebble flux and ongoing planet formation and migration
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.14358

Numerical investigation of particle acceleration at interplanetary shocks: diffusive and superdiffusive scenarios
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.14819

The multi-planet system TOI-5624: four transiting sub-Neptunes with an outer companion revealed by transit-timing variations
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.15035

Continuing to Advance European High Contrast Imaging Research and Development towards HWO and LIFE
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.15077

Cloudy with a chance of metals: Indications of CO₂ in the atmosphere of GJ 1214 b from high-resolution K-band spectroscopy
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.15292

A Validated Low-to-Intermediate Mass Planetary Interior Structure Model and New Mass-Radius Relations
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.15304

Planet formation constraints from exoplanet population synthesis and simulation based inference
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/astronomy-and-space-sciences/articles/10.3389/fspas.2026.1736938/full

Long-period transiting exoplanets: advances in detection and characterization
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.09254

A Planetary Illusion’s Funeral: Nondetection of a Gaia DR3 Exoplanet Candidate, and the Role of Intermediate-precision Radial Velocities in Gaia Exoplanet Follow-up
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/ae4e2b

Exoplanet Orbital Distribution around FGK Sun-like Host Stars I: planet occurrence rate derived from the Kepler Mission and theoretical interpretations from planet formation
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.08406

Machine Learning Identification of Exoplanet Transit Signals in Kepler Light Curve Data
https://pwvas.org/index.php/pwvas/article/view/1340

Unexplored Exoplanets in the Orion Constellation: A Proposal for Expanded European Research Interest
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/403606743_Unexplored_Exoplanets_in_the_Orion_Constellation_A_Proposal_for_Expanded_European_Research_Interest?_tp=eyJjb250ZXh0Ijp7ImZpcnN0UGFnZSI6ImxvZ2luIiwicGFnZSI6InNlYXJjaCIsInBvc2l0aW9uIjoicGFnZUhlYWRlciJ9fQ

UMI: GPU-Accelerated Asymmetric Robust Estimator for Photometric Detrending in Exoplanet Transit Searches
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.06602

Discovering Earth 2.0: A Data-Driven Exploration of NASA’s Exoplanet Archive
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11468201

Quantum limits of exoplanet detection and localization
https://journals.aps.org/pra/abstract/10.1103/g6kr-mqdj

The Physics of Continuous Creation, Interstellar Star Drives and the Heisenberg Strut
https://zenodo.org/records/19557553

SOLAR SAIL WITH ELECTROCHROMIC MODULATION OF OPTICAL PROPERTIES FOR ULTRA LONG DURATION FLIGHT IN THE INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/403659964_SOLAR_SAIL_WITH_ELECTROCHROMIC_MODULATION_OF_OPTICAL_PROPERTIES_FOR_ULTRA_LONG_DURATION_FLIGHT_IN_THE_INTERSTELLAR_MEDIUM

Oumuamua as a Potential Interstellar Probe from the Rigel System The Starchun
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/403628050_Oumuamua_as_a_Potential_Interstellar_Probe_from_the_Rigel_System_The_Starchun

In Consideration of Artificial Nanoprobes Jet Ejection from the Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS
https://bis-space.com/shop/product/jbis-079-04-0122/

A gem system with a lava world and a habitable zone sub-Neptune orbiting TOI–1752
https://academic.oup.com/mnras/advance-article/doi/10.1093/mnras/stag713/8654593

Machine Learning for Discovering Life Beyond Earth – autonomous strategies for new and unknown horizons
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/astronomy-and-space-sciences/articles/10.3389/fspas.2026.1804102/abstract

The Lipidome of a Mars Analog Poly-Extreme Community in Atacama Halite Endolith: Chemotaxonomy, Lipid Adaptation, and Implications for the Search for Extraplanetary Biosignatures
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/15311074261441383

Detection of periodic transit timing variations in the warm sub-Saturn planet HD 332231 b
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2026/04/aa57788-25/aa57788-25.html

Laplace–Legendre expansion of the planar planetary Hamiltonian
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10569-026-10289-z

Marchal’s family of periodic orbits I: Stability of inclined co-orbital planetary systems
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10569-026-10292-4

Evaluating the impact of mission architecture on crew dynamics in space exploration
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41526-026-00574-4

Detection of Exoplanets from TESS Imaging Data Using Unsupervised Machine Learning Techniques
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/astronomy-and-space-sciences/articles/10.3389/fspas.2026.1800321/abstract

Deep Limits on Planets Exterior to HR 8799’s Known Planetary System with the James Webb Space Telescope
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/ae43e8

Planetary Architectures of Kepler Compact Multiplanet Systems with Binary-star Companions
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/ae5622

The Cohesive Object Sequence: The Mass–Density Distribution of Astronomical Objects from Asteroids to Stars
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1538-3873/ae58d1

A White-light Flare on the L1 Dwarf WISEP J190648.47+401106.8
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2515-5172/ae5f75

Ammonia as a parameter shaping habitability on icy moons
https://academic.oup.com/femsmicrobes/advance-article/doi/10.1093/femsmc/xtag015/8541858

Influence of CO versus CH₄ on organic haze formation in atmospheres of diverse terrestrial exoplanets
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.03575

The Identification of CS2 and Evidence for Carbon-Sulfur Chemical Coupling in a Warm Giant Exoplanet Atmosphere
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.13168

Measurements and predictions of H2 pressure-broadening coefficients of CO2 absorption lines for exoplanet atmosphere studies
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2026/04/aa59106-26/aa59106-26.html

Photochemistry and haze in chemically reducing terrestrial atmospheres
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667325826002281

History-augmented contrastive learning with soft mixture of experts for blind super-resolution of planetary remote sensing images
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S092523122601012X

Water D/H in 3I/ATLAS as a Probe of Formation Conditions in Another Planetary System
https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.07026

C5H6 formation in Dense Molecular Clouds
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2026/04/aa58985-26/aa58985-26.html

Cosmic Illuminating Gift: A One-Way Information Box for Extraterrestrial Intelligences
https://www.mdpi.com/2218-1997/12/4/115

Analysing the sample preparation process in meteorites and its impact on the pretreatment of returned samples to Earth
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0883292726000296?via%3Dihub

Projections of Earth’s Technosphere: Civilization Collapse-Recovery Dynamics and Detectability
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.13774

Innovations in Health-Oriented Space Travel Food: Addressing Nutritional Challenges for Long-Term Missions
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jtr.70318

Cultivation and Synthesis of Food for Humans Beyond Earth: A Future View
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2214552426000581

Advances and challenges in energy storage technologies: A comprehensive review of technical maturity, applications, and future directions
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2352152X26016300

Thermal Adaptability and Low-Power Survival-Operation Strategies for Lithium Batteries in Deep Space Cryogenic Environments: Review and Critical Outlook
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2405829726002424

Liquid metals for the booming of space exploration
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S3051383926000095

Viruses in Extreme Marine Environments and Their Potential Existence in Extraterrestrial Environments
https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/18/4/457

Spaceflight and the rodent skeleton: A perspective
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352187226000215

Origin and characterization of super-Earths and sub-Neptunes
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.11779

Climates and Habitability of the Eccentric Super-Earth HD 20794 d: A Multi-parametric Investigation
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ae56f7

An Atmosphere on the Ultra-Short Period super-Earth HD 3167 b
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.11911

Sub-Neptunes as Soot Factories: Deep Atmosphere Hydrocarbon Formation and Quenching as the Origin of Sub-Neptune Aerosol Trends
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.11919

Observational and Dynamical Constraints on an Unseen Outer Perturber in the GJ 436 Hot Neptune System
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.09834

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, Roman Sees Where You Are: Predicting Exoplanet Transit Yields in the Rosette Nebula with the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/ae547d

Variability classification of TESS targets in LOPS2, the first long-term pointing field of PLATO. Version 1 of the public variability catalogue
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.12758

The RoPES project with HARPS and HARPS-N III. Two candidate planets orbiting the G-type star HD 161098
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.11516

The GAPS Programme at TNG. LXXIII. Confirmation of the hot sub-Neptune TOI-4602 b (HD 25295 b), a key target for future atmospheric characterization
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.11728

The molecular chemistry of nanoscale organic matter in asteroid Ryugu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.16798

LIFE — an energy efficient advanced continual learning agentic AI framework for frontier systems
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.12874

The Dyson Minds 2025 Workshop: SETI Around Black Holes
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1538-3873/ae5a02

Broadband Searches for Extraterrestrial Technological Intelligence: A New Strategy to Find Nearby Alien Civilizations
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ae4c38

Can AI Detect Life? Lessons from Artificial Life
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.11915