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Super-Earth GJ 667Cc: Age and XUV Irradiances of the Temperate-zone Planet with Potential for Advanced Life
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2515-5172/ace189
TOI-2084 b and TOI-4184 b: two new sub-Neptunes around M dwarf stars https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.15095
The space weather around the exoplanet GJ 436b
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.15391
Meeting the Alien – An Introduction to Exosociology
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-658-41317-0
A Novel Approach to Interstellar Object Exploration Using Small Spacecraft
https://www.proquest.com/openview/a441feee10a7779afa967345cf113784/
A Transiting Super-Earth in the Radius Valley and an Outer Planet Candidate Around HD 307842
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/acd751
Keck Planet Imager and Characterizer Emission Spectroscopy of WASP-33b https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/acda91
Dynamic reorientation of tidally locked bodies: Application to Pluto https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0012821X23002832
Chemical Conditions on Hycean Worlds
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.13706
Activity time series of old stars from late F to early K VI. Exoplanet mass characterisation and detectability in radial velocity
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.14015
A Transiting Super-Earth in the Radius Valley and An Outer Planet Candidate Around HD 307842
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.14655
On the mass of gas giant planets: Is Saturn a failed gas giant?
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.14740
Beyond Elevation: New Metrics to Quantify the Relief of Mountains and Surfaces of Any Terrestrial Body
https://arxiv.org/abs/2208.01600
Planet formation in the PDS 70 system – Constraining the atmospheric chemistry of PDS 70b and c
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2023/06/aa45619-22/aa45619-22.html
The effect of a small amount of hydrogen in the atmosphere of ultrahot magma-ocean planets: Atmospheric composition and escape
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2023/06/aa45763-22/aa45763-22.html
Tidal Evolution of Close-in Exoplanets and Host Stars
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.13220
Interstellar flyby scientific data downlink design
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.13550
Characterising a World Within the Hot Neptune Desert: Transit Observations of LTT 9779 b with HST WFC3
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.13645
Atmospheres as windows into sub-Neptune interiors: coupled chemistry and structure of hydrogen-silane-water envelopes
https://academic.oup.com/mnras/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/mnras/stad1910/7207406?redirectedFrom=fulltext
Resolution of the horizon problem in the Alcubierre warp drive: computation I
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/371599729_Resolution_of_the_horizon_problem_in_the_Alcubierre_warp_drive_computation_I
Resolution of the horizon problem in the Alcubierre warp drive: computation II
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/371599500_Resolution_of_the_horizon_problem_in_the_Alcubierre_warp_drive_computation_II
Interstellar Comets from Post-Main Sequence Systems as Tracers of Extrasolar Oort Clouds
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.12464
On the Degree of Dynamical Packing in the Kepler Multi-planet Systems
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.12967
Astrometric Accelerations as Dynamical Beacons: A Giant Planet Imaged inside the Debris Disk of the Young Star AF Lep
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/acd6f6
To Create Plant-Like Astronauts Who Can Adapt to Eternal Interstellar Expeditions
https://www.preprints.org/manuscript/202306.1302/v1
Identifying and Analyzing Multi-Star Systems Among TESS Planetary Candidates Using Gaia
https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/etds/490/
Stellar pulsations interfering with the transit light curve: Configurations with false positive misalignment
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2023/06/aa46078-23/aa46078-23.html
Combining multi-spectral data with statistical and deep-learning models for improved exoplanet detection in direct imaging at high contrast
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.12266
The first detection of an exoplanet that opened a new field in planetology
https://www.photoniques.com/articles/photon/abs/2023/02/photon2023119p36/photon2023119p36.html
High-throughput Quantum Chemistry: Empowering the Search for Molecular Candidates behind Unknown Spectral Signatures in Exoplanetary Atmospheres
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.11988
Generation of high circular polarization of interstellar Lyman α radiation triggering biological homochirality
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.12101
Cloud Behaviour on Tidally Locked Rocky Planets from Global High-resolution Modeling
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.12186
Evidence of Radius Inflation in Radiative GCM Models of WASP-76b due to the Advection of Potential Temperature
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.12352
