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Oort cloud (exo)planets
https://academic.oup.com/mnrasl/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/mnrasl/slad079/7199780
Higher Water Loss on Earth-like Exoplanets in Eccentric Orbits
https://academic.oup.com/mnras/advance-article/doi/10.1093/mnras/stad1828/7199796
Deprojecting and constraining the vertical thickness of exoKuiper belts
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.09715
TOI-908: a planet at the edge of the Neptune desert transiting a G-type star
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.09758
Origin of biological homochirality by crystallization of an RNA precursor on a magnetic surface
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adg8274
Chirality-Induced Magnetization of Magnetite by an RNA Precursor
https://arxiv.org/abs/2304.09095
Quantitative correlation of refractory elemental abundances between rocky exoplanets and their host stars
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2023/06/aa45387-22/aa45387-22.html
Temperature-chemistry coupling in the evolution of gas giant atmospheres driven by stellar flares
https://academic.oup.com/mnras/advance-article/doi/10.1093/mnras/stad1734/7199175
A Mini-Neptune Orbiting the Metal-poor K Dwarf BD+29 2654
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08179
Two sub-Neptunes around the M dwarf TOI-1470
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08516
An irradiated-Jupiter analogue hotter than the Sun
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08672
The Origin of Universality in the Inner Edges of Planetary Systems
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08822
Inner Planetary System Gap Complexity is a Predictor of Outer Giant Planets
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08846
ExoMDN: Rapid characterization of exoplanet interior structures with Mixture Density Networks
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.09002
Future space experiment platforms for astrobiology and astrochemistry research
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41526-023-00292-1
Hydrosphere: Modeling the planetary structure of ocean planets and icy moons
https://digitalcommons.macalester.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1199&context=mjpa
Astrophysically sourced quantum coherent photonic signals
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.06676
Vanadium oxide and a sharp onset of cold-trapping on a giant exoplanet
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06134-0
Hadaean to Palaeoarchaean stagnant-lid tectonics revealed by zircon magnetism
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06024-5
Stability of nucleic acid bases in concentrated sulfuric acid: Implications for the habitability of Venus’ clouds
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2220007120
Awesome SOSS: Transmission spectroscopy of WASP-96b with NIRISS/SOSS
https://academic.oup.com/mnras/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/mnras/stad1762/7198120
Tidal Evolution of Close-in Exoplanets and Host Stars
https://academic.oup.com/mnras/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/mnras/stad1777/7198123
Wormhole solutions in f(R,Lm) gravity
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0577907323000953
DREAM – II. The spin–orbit angle distribution of close-in exoplanets under the lens of tides
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2023/06/aa45237-22/aa45237-22.html
3D Global climate model of an exo-Venus: a modern Venus-like atmosphere for the nearby super-Earth LP 890-9 c
https://academic.oup.com/mnrasl/article/523/1/L86/7193815
Pfe-exoplanets detection methods
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/371533174_Pfe-exoplanets_detection_methods
Imaging rotating and orbiting exoplanets with the solar gravitational lens
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.07832
Specular reflections from artificial surfaces as Technosignature
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.07859
Oblique rings from migrating exomoons: A possible origin for long-period exoplanets with enlarged radii
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.07348
Venus’ Atmospheric Chemistry and Cloud Characteristics Are Compatible with Venusian Life
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.07358
Radial-velocity discovery of a second planet in the TOI-1338/BEBOP-1 circumbinary system
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-023-01948-4
TOI-733 b: A planet in the small-planet radius valley orbiting a Sun-like star
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2023/06/aa45961-23/aa45961-23.html
VaTEST. II. Statistical Validation of 11 TESS-detected Exoplanets Orbiting K-type Stars
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/acd548
A Shallow-water Model Exploration of Atmospheric Circulation on Sub-Neptunes: Effects of Radiative Forcing and Rotation Period
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/PSJ/acd551
Using a neural network approach to accelerate disequilibrium chemistry calculations in exoplanet atmospheres
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.07074
Atmospheric Recyling of Volatiles by Pebble-Accreting Planets
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.06169
True Polar Wander of Lava Worlds
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.06768
EXPRES IV: Two Additional Planets Orbiting ρ Coronae Borealis Reveal Uncommon System Architecture
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.06888
Expanding the inventory of spectral lines used to trace atmospheric escape in exoplanets
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.06971
