Interstellar Updates

Is the origin of life an intrinsically planetary-scale process?
https://geopolicraticus.substack.com/p/is-the-origin-of-life-an-intrinsically

Theoretical Investigation of Antiproton-Induced Fast Ignition in Degenerate Fusion Fuel
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40995-025-01946-3

Rebuilding Human Civilization from the Perspective of the Milky Way
https://philarchive.org/rec/YANRHC

Casimir Propulsion via Dynamic Vacuum Energy Modulation in Capillary Structures
https://www.academia.edu/142967242/Casimir_Propulsion_via_Dynamic_Vacuum_Energy_Modulation_in_Capillary_Structures

The Starfish Bioship: Design For A Quantum Jumping Electrodynamic Spacecraft
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/399054727_The_Starfish_Bioship_Design_For_A_Quantum_Jumping_Electrodynamic_Spacecraft

Beyond the Pale Blue Dot: Evaluating Ethics, Norms and Governance in Space Colonization
https://www.academia.edu/143778985/Beyond_the_Pale_Blue_Dot_Evaluating_Ethics_Norms_and_Governance_in_Space_Colonization

Habitability of exoplanets orbiting flaring stars
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.21357

Early Planet Formation in Embedded Disks (eDisk). XIX. Structures of molecular outflows
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.21454

Elemental abundance pattern and temperature inversion on the dayside of HAT-P-70b observed with CARMENES and PEPSI
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.21470

Do Planets Affect the Behavior of the Long-term Solar Activity?
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1134/S1063772925702361

How to spot an alien
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0262407925020731

Unveiling the casimir wormhole dynamics in f(R, T2) gravity through complexity insights
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0550321325004560

Immortal AI, Space Radiation, and Materials Science
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2950160125000646

Non-detection of Nightside Emission from HAT-P-26b due to Stellar Contamination
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2515-5172/ae2fdc

Breakthrough Listen Observations of 3I/ATLAS with the Green Bank Telescope at 1–12 GHz
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2515-5172/ae3083

Are Humans Alone in the Cosmos?
https://www.proquest.com/docview/3286349643

Hubble Reveals Complex Multiscale Structure in the Edge-on Protoplanetary Disk IRAS23077+6707
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ae247f

ExoAtom: A Database of Atomic Spectra in ExoMol Format
https://academic.oup.com/rasti/advance-article/doi/10.1093/rasti/rzaf065/8404150

Simulation of a Protoplanetary Disk Accretion Activity Due to a Collision with a Gas Stream
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1134/S1063773725700434

Hunting exomoons with a kilometric baseline interferometer
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.15858

Impact of simulated microgravity in short-term evolution of an RNA bacteriophage
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12712649/

The role of supernova remnants for the emergence of pre-biotic chemistry in molecular clouds
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.14143

First mapping of prebiotic molecule CH₂NH in a pre-stellar core
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.12396

Quantum scattering of hot H/D on CO₂: Cross sections and rate coefficients for planetary atmospheres and their evolution
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.21044

Hubble Reveals Complex Multiscale Structure in the Edge-on Protoplanetary Disk IRAS23077+6707
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ae247f

Momentum-Conserving Warp Bubbles in General Relativity: Distributional Geometry, Boundary Flux, and Spectral Isolation
https://zenodo.org/records/18014526

Notice: There will not be an IRG update on December 25.

The Temporal Observability Filter Hypothesis (TOFH): A Physically-Constrained, Bayesian Framework for the Observational Invisibility of Technological Civilizations
https://www.academia.edu/143709470/The_Temporal_Observability_Filter_Hypothesis_TOFH_A_Physically_Constrained_Bayesian_Framework_for_the_Observational_Invisibility_of_Technological_Civilizations

Causal Gravity Assists: Relativistic Energy Harvesting and Interstellar Propulsion via the Liénard-Wiechert Vacuum Wake
https://zenodo.org/records/18042720

JWST/NIRSpec Detects Warm CO Emission in the Terrestrial-Planet Zone of HD 131488
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.11972

A homogeneous transit-timing-variation investigation of all TESS systems with a confirmed single-transiting planet
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2026/01/aa57512-25/aa57512-25.html

The First Direct Occurrence Rate Estimates for Kepler Exoplanets in Small-separation Binary Star Systems: Planet Occurrence Is Suppressed in Binary Stars
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/ae2021

Cation Disorder of Mg2SiO4 in Super-Earth Mantles
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2025GL118419

Breakthrough Listen Observations of 3I/ATLAS with the Green Bank Telescope at 1-12 GHz
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.19763

The Solirad (So) as a Convenient Unit for Quoting Astronomical Irradiances for Planetary Insolations and Exoplanetary Instellations
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.20126

Breakthrough Listen Observations of 3I/ATLAS with the Green Bank Telescope at 1–12 GHz
https://seti.berkeley.edu/atlas/Breakthrough_Listen_Observations_of_3I_Atlas_with_the_GBT.pdf

A Search for Radio Technosignatures from Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS with the Allen Telescope Array
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.18142

A Synchronization Detected between 3I/ATLAS’s 16.16-Hour Light Variability Cycle and the Earth’s 24-hour Solar Day
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/398815090_A_Synchronization_Detected_between_3IATLAS’s_1616-Hour_Light_Variability_Cycle_and_the_Earth’s_24-hour_Solar_Day

Evolution in space: experimental pathways to understanding life’s adaptability beyond Earth
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/rsfs/article/15/6/20250026/366158

Beyond the habitable zone: Exoplanet atmospheres are the next clue to finding life on planets orbiting distant stars
https://theconversation.com/beyond-the-habitable-zone-exoplanet-atmospheres-are-the-next-clue-to-finding-life-on-planets-orbiting-distant-stars-267498

JWST/MIRI coronagraphic search for planets in systems with gapped exoKuiper belts and proper motion anomalies
https://academic.oup.com/mnras/advance-article/doi/10.1093/mnras/staf2255/8400348

PEPSI Investigation, Retrieval, and Atlas of Numerous Giant Atmospheres (PIRANGA). IV. High-resolution Phased-resolved Spectroscopy of the Ultra-hot-Jupiter KELT-20 b
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/ae21be

A JWST Transmission Spectrum of the Temperate Sub-Neptune TOI-732 c
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ae247d

Why Estimating η⊕ is Difficult: A Kepler-Centric Perspective
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1538-3873/ae23fe

Exodus: A mission proposal to explore exoplanet evolution through understanding atmospheric escape
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0273117725014966

Refractive indices of photochemical haze analogs for Solar System and exoplanet applications: A cross-laboratory comparative study between the PAMPRE and COSmIC experimental setups
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/398824786_Refractive_indices_of_photochemical_haze_analogs_for_Solar_System_and_exoplanet_applications_A_cross-laboratory_comparative_study_between_the_PAMPRE_and_COSmIC_experimental_setups

Understanding the chemistry of temperate exoplanets atmospheres through experimental and numerical simulations
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.16421

The size of 3I/ATLAS from non-gravitational acceleration
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.18341

Detecting false positives with PLATO using double-aperture photometry and centroid shifts
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.18844

Optical SETI at ESO in the 2040s
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.18903

Orbital Stability of Moons Around the TRAPPIST-1 Planets
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.19226

Disentangling the hemispheres of Teegarden’s Star b with LIFE
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.19231

A High-Resolution NUV Transmission Spectrum of KELT-9b: Mg II and Fe II Escaping from the Hottest Known Giant Planet
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.19662

Traversable wormholes inside anisotropic magnetized neutron stars: physical properties and potential observational imprints
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.18795

Periodicities in radio emissions from the Jupiter’s magnetosphere and consequences for radio emissions from star-exoplanet systems
https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.18733

Bridging stellar evolution and planet formation: from birth, to survivors of the fittest, to the second generation of planets
​https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.17976

Double Hot Jupiter Formation through Mirrored ZLK Migration in Binary Star Systems: The Case of WASP-94
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.18108

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENLARGING TRAVERSABLE WORMHOLES IN SPACETIME WITHOUT EXOTIC MATTER OR NEGATIVE ENERGY DENSITY
https://www.academia.edu/145205189/METHOD_AND_APPARATUS_FOR_ENLARGING_TRAVERSABLE_WORMHOLES_IN_SPACETIME_WITHOUT_EXOTIC_MATTER_OR_NEGATIVE_ENERGY_DENSITY

Traversable Wormholes in Anti-de Sitter Spacetime Without Exotic Matter: A Classical Solution Satisfying the Null Energy Condition
https://www.academia.edu/143047295/Traversable_Wormholes_in_Anti_de_Sitter_Spacetime_Without_Exotic_Matter_A_Classical_Solution_Satisfying_the_Null_Energy_Condition?sm=b

Evading the dust fragmentation barrier with the streaming instability in protoplanetary disks
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2026/01/aa58000-25/aa58000-25.html

TIC 318249571.01: A New Hot-Jupiter Transiting Planet Candidate from TESS Data
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2515-5172/ae2de9

A Bayesian Analysis of Abiogenesis in the Light of Recent Data from K2-18b
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2515-5172/ae2d50

The FAST-SETI Milky Way Globular Cluster Survey. I. A Pilot Multibeam On-the-fly Search of Five Globular Clusters at the L Band
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/ae2470

Exoplanets in reflected starlight with dual-field interferometry and a fifth Unit Telescope at VLTI
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.17026

Hidden Companions of the Early Milky Way I. New alpha-Enhanced Exoplanet Hosts
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.17072

Surveying Ultra-hot Jupiters using Phase Curves with Twinkle
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.17147

Surrogate-Accelerated Bayesian Inversion for Exoplanet Interior Characterization
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.17626