SETI in 2021
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0094576522002867
New telescope could tell us what exoplanet surfaces are made of
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0262407922013756
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August 05, 2022 updates
Exploring the deep atmospheres of HD 209458b and WASP-43b using a non-gray general circulation model
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2022/08/aa42728-21/aa42728-21.html
The Hot Neptune WASP-166 b with ESPRESSO I: Refining the planetary architecture and stellar variability
https://academic.oup.com/mnras/advance-article/doi/10.1093/mnras/stac2178/6656010
TOI-3757 b: A Low-density Gas Giant Orbiting a Solar-metallicity M Dwarf https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/ac7c20
Spectropolarimetry of life: airborne measurements from a hot air balloon
https://arxiv.org/abs/2208.02317
Sensitive Multi-beam Targeted SETI Observations towards 33 Exoplanet Systems with FAST
https://arxiv.org/abs/2208.02421
Drift Rates of Narrow-band Signals in Long-term SETI Observations for Exoplanets
https://arxiv.org/abs/2208.02511
August 04, 2022 updates
Dynamics of co-orbital exoplanets in a first-order resonance chain with tidal dissipation
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2022/08/aa43261-22/aa43261-22.html
High-performance solar sails for interstellar object rendezvous https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0094576522004003
Irradiation-driven escape of primordial planetary atmospheres III. Revised planetary parameters and mass-loss rates for nearby gaseous planets after Gaia DR2
https://arxiv.org/abs/2208.01650
August 03, 2022 updates
Understanding Life in the Universe
https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/understanding-life-in-the-universe/795DF10662E5F31A35F2DDFDE05B32CA
Moon-packing around an Earth-mass Planet
https://academic.oup.com/mnras/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/mnras/stac2172/6653105
Orbital Characterization of Superbolides Observed from Space: Dynamical Association with Near-Earth Objects, Meteoroid Streams, and Identification of Hyperbolic Meteoroids
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/ac75d2
Less Effective Hydrodynamic Escape of H2–H2O Atmospheres on Terrestrial Planets Orbiting Pre-main-sequence M Dwarfs
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ac7be7
Planetary Science Opportunities for Heliospheric/Interstellar Probe Missions https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/10.1142/9789811260100_0070
The Space Coronagraph Optical Bench (SCoOB): 1. Design and Assembly of a Vacuum-compatible Coronagraph Testbed for Spaceborne High-Contrast Imaging Technology
https://arxiv.org/abs/2208.01156
The space coronagraph optical bench (SCoOB): 2. wavefront sensing and control in a vacuum-compatible coronagraph testbed for spaceborne high-contrast imaging technology
https://arxiv.org/abs/2208.01155
Datumless Topography: A Universally Consistent Way to Quantify Relief
https://arxiv.org/abs/2208.01600
August 2, 2022 Updates
Edge-of-the-Multis: Evidence for a Transition in the Outer Architectures of Compact Multiplanet Systems
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/ac7c67
Constraining the Densities of the Three Kepler-289 Planets with Transit Timing Variations
https://arxiv.org/abs/2208.00022
An Ocean Expedition by the Galileo Project to Retrieve Fragments of the First Large Interstellar Meteor CNEOS 2014-01-08
https://arxiv.org/abs/2208.00092
H2S and SO2 detectability in Hot Jupiters: Sulfur species as indicator of metallicity and C/O ratio
https://arxiv.org/abs/2208.00469