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An Arcus view of stellar space weather
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/asna.20220019
A New Analysis of 8 Spitzer Phase Curves and Hot Jupiter Population Trends: Qatar-1b, Qatar-2b, WASP-52b, WASP-34b, and WASP-140b
https://arxiv.org/abs/2203.15059
A radial limit on polar circumbinary orbits from general relativity
https://arxiv.org/abs/2203.15160
Secondary tethers
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0094576522001230
Will Aliens be Monsters and Should We Be Scared?
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Andrew-Kennedy-30/publication/359221338_Will_Aliens_be_Monsters_and_Should_We_Be_Scared/
Extreme energetic particle events by superflare-asssociated CMEs from solar-like stars
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abi9743
Black Mirror: The impact of rotational broadening on the search for reflected light from 51 Pegasi b with high resolution spectroscopy
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/abs/2022/03/aa42314-21/aa42314-21.html
The pepsi exoplanet transit survey (PETS) I: Investigating the presence of a silicate atmosphere on the super-earth 55 Cnc e
https://academic.oup.com/mnras/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/mnras/stac810/6555041
Meta-modelling the climate of dry tide locked rocky planets
https://arxiv.org/abs/2203.14929
Towards Stable Interstellar Flight: Levitation of a Laser-Propelled Sailcraft
https://arxiv.org/abs/2203.14699
New periodograms separating orbital radial velocities and spectral shape variation
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2022/03/aa41406-21/aa41406-21.html
Micro- R aman Imaging of Planetary Analogs: Nanoscale Characterization of Past and Current Processes
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9783527833689.ch16
Arguing About Extraterrestrial Intelligence
https://academic.oup.com/pq/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/pq/pqac009/6554689?redirectedFrom=fulltext
Grid of pseudo-2D chemistry models for tidally locked exoplanets – II. The role of photochemistry
https://academic.oup.com/mnras/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/mnras/stac809/6554558?redirectedFrom=fulltext
25 years of planetary surprises
https://academic.oup.com/astrogeo/article-abstract/63/2/2.33/6546983?redirectedFrom=fulltext
Kepler-1708 b-i is likely undetectable with HST
https://arxiv.org/abs/2203.13290
Mutual Inclination of Ultra-Short-Period Planets with Time Varying Stellar J2-moment
https://arxiv.org/abs/2203.13329
Gas disk interactions, tides and relativistic effects in the rocky planet formation at the sub-stellar mass limit
https://arxiv.org/abs/2203.13389
Tidal star-planet interaction and its observed impact on stellar activity in planet-hosting wide binary systems
https://arxiv.org/abs/2203.13637
HST/WFC3 transmission spectroscopy of the cold rocky planet TRAPPIST-1h
https://arxiv.org/abs/2203.13698
Chemical Composition of Bright Stars in the Northern Hemisphere: Star–Planet Connection
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4365/ac50b5
Rotational Shearing Interferometer in Detection of the Super-Earth Exoplanets
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/6/2840
Carbon monoxide emission lines reveal an inverted atmosphere in the ultra hot Jupiter WASP-33 b and indicate an eastward hot spot
https://arxiv.org/abs/2203.13234
Nature versus Nurture: Investigating the Effects of Measurement Uncertainties in the Assessment of Potential Trends between Planetary and Stellar Properties
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/ac573a
Adiabatic lapse rate of real gases
https://arxiv.org/abs/2203.12040
