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Geophysical and atmospheric implications of fO2-dependent melting on rocky exoplanets
https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2606.20249
Lightning initiation on the exoplanet K2-18b
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42323421/
Following up the Kepler field with PLATO: Transit Timing Performance
https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stag1174
TOI-2147 b and TOI-6019 b: Two eccentric warm Jupiters detected and characterized with TESS and MaHPS
https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.20224
Geophysical and atmospheric implications of fO2-dependent melting on rocky exoplanets
https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.20249
Atmospheric diversity of sub-Neptunes from formation with rock, water, and soot
https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.20464
Modeling Doppler Shifts in Radial-Velocity Data with Deep Learning toward Earth-mass Exoplanet Detection
https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.18464
Dust colour, phase bahaviour, and Monte Carlo modelling of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS from 4 au pre- to 4 au post-perihelion
https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.18751
ThousandWorlds: A benchmark for climate emulation of potentially habitable exoplanets
https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.18338
Strong and variable stratospheric CO emission from lava-planet 55 Cnc e observed with NIRCam/JWST
https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.11866
Space as a spectroscopic laboratory: High-resolution spectroscopy of the [13C II] hyperfine structure with SOFIA/upGREAT
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2026/06/aa59546-26/aa59546-26.html
Mapping X-ray conditions in the habitable zones of exoplanet host stars with SRG/eROSITA
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2026/06/aa59220-26/aa59220-26.html
Interstellar X-Ray Absorption and Scattering
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ae6b8a
JWST-TST High Contrast: First Direct Spectroscopy of GJ 504 b reveals Clouds and Possible Metal Enrichment
https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.19228
Three dimensional temporal evolution of photochemical haze in exoplanet atmospheres I. Description and test application to HD 189733b
https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.19056
Joint Rossiter-McLaughlin Revolutions analysis of the multi-planetary system GJ 9827
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2026/06/aa57501-25/aa57501-25.html
Unraveling the Mystery of the Peculiar and Young Hot Jupiter CoRoT-2b II: Phase Resolved Emission Spectroscopy with VLT/CRIRES+ and Gemini-S/IGRINS
https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.17304
Reflections of Life: Distinguishing Living from Nonliving Worlds with Complexity Metrics
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/ae6b7b
Tardigrades as an Emerging Model Animal for Astrobiology Research: A Case Study
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-92-0038-2_13
Ants and Ant Colonies as Time-Resilient Distributed Intelligence: Implications for Human Civilization, Artificial Intelligence, and Interstellar Survival
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=6138346
White Dwarf Stars are Photodamaging Environments for Earth-like Photosynthesis
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2515-5172/ae7c77
Revisiting the Greenhouse Effect of Nongreenhouse Gases in the Atmospheres of Earth-like Planets
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ae6b8b
Effect of tidal gravity and planetary rotation on the retrieved atmospheric abundances of close-in exoplanets
https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.18100
The BAGLE Python Package for Bayesian Analysis of Gravitational Lensing Events
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/ae665b
Dynamical Stability and Habitability in the HD 20794 System
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1538-3873/ae7691
Detection of CO, H2O, and OH in WASP-18 b with JWST/NIRISS Using Direct-extracted Spectra and Cross Correlation
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ae736a
Cold vs. Hot Gas Accretion and Angular Momentum in FIRE Simulations: From Halo to Galaxy Scales
https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stag1117
HD 38973 b – a cold Saturn orbiting a Sun-like star
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/publications-of-the-astronomical-society-of-australia/article/hd-38973-b-a-cold-saturn-orbiting-a-sunlike-star/042357714256BCCE0987E6AA07D123C2
Super-earths and mini-neptunes follow different orbital period-eccentricity relations
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42275486/
Metal Oxide Clusters in Gas Giant Exoplanet Atmospheres
https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2606.16787
Effects of Incomplete Accommodation on Intake Performances of Atmosphere-Breathing Electric Propulsion
https://doi.org/10.2514/1.J066856
