Interstellar Updates

Faster than Light Travel at Last? (via Metric Engineering of the Soliton Displacement Field: Theoretical Propulsion Frameworks for the Pathfinder Mark V-B), No Exotic Matter Required
https://rxiverse.org/abs/2601.0048

Hybrid Linear–Cyclic Topological Structures for Digital Sequence Encoding and Technosignature Analysis
https://zenodo.org/records/18473473

Reproductive biomedicine in space: implications for gametogenesis, fertility and ethical considerations in the era of commercial spaceflight
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1472648325006388

ExoplaNeT accRetion mOnitoring sPectroscopic surveY (ENTROPY): II. Time series of Balmer line profiles of Delorme 1(AB)b
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2026/02/aa54644-25/aa54644-25.html

SPHEREx Reobservation of Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS in 2025 December: Detection of Increased Post-perihelion Activity, Refractory Coma Dust, and New Coma Gas Species
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2515-5172/ae3f95

Earth-Cosmos Binary
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S001632872600025X

Visual inspection of potential exocomet transits identified through machine learning and statistical methods
https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.02701

Imaging Venus-like Worlds: Spectral, Polarimetric, and UV Diagnostics for the Habitable Worlds Observatory
https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.02728

Ultra-hot Jupiter atmospheres at high spectral resolution
https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.02845

ExoDNN: Boosting exoplanet detection with artificial intelligence. Application to Gaia Data Release 3
https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.02910

The ESO SupJup Survey IX: Isotopic evidence of a recent formation for Luhman 16AB
https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.03409

Atmospheric characterization of HIP 67522 b with VLT/CRIRES+. VLT/CRIRES+ suggests a heavier planet and hints at deuterium fractionation
https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.03498

Architectures of Planetary Systems II: Trends with Host Star Mass and Metallicity
https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.03657

Probing Atmospheric Escape Through the Near-Infrared Helium Triplet
https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.03667

Observational imprints of tidal internal gravity wave dissipation in star-planet systems
https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.03723

Mapping the Orbital Landscape of Perturbing Planet Solutions for Single-Planet Systems with TTVs
https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.10493

Applying Novel Techniques from Physical and Biological Sciences to Life Detection
https://spj.science.org/doi/10.34133/space.0040

Introduction to the Life Detection Knowledge Base Project
https://spj.science.org/doi/10.34133/space.0040

Groundwork for Life Detection
https://baas.aas.org/pub/2021n4i202/release/1

Carbonaceous Cosmic Dust Analogs Distinguish between Ion Bombardment and Temperature
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ae2bfe

Protein nano-bioactives against microgravity-induced endothelial dysfunction
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41526-025-00554-0

Detecting and Characterizing Companions with a Calibrated Gaia DR2, DR3, and Hipparcos Catalog (G23H)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.00235

Dynamical Interactions and Habitability in the TOI-700 Multi-Planet System
https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.00235

Modeling the Dynamics and Thermochemistry for the Outer Atmospheres of the Ultra-hot Jupiter WASP-121b
https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.01364

Chasing the Tides: Searching for Orbital Decay Signatures in Transit Timing Data and Tidal Models for 20 Hot Jupiters
https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.01446

exoALMA XIX: Confirmation of Non-thermal Line Broadening in the DM Tau Protoplanetary Disk
https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.01620

A whole-planet model of the Earth without life for terrestrial exoplanet studies
https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.02267

Helium escape in context: Comparative signatures of four close-in exoplanets
https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.02289

What to make of the Earth’s curiously intermediate land fraction?
https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.02392

A parametric model for externally irradiated protoplanetary disks with photoevaporative winds
https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.02011

Classification and Nomenclature of Planets in the Mass-Radius Plane
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.16063

SPHEREx Reobservation of Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS in 2025 December: Detection of Increased Post-perihelion Activity, Refractory Coma Dust, and New Coma Gas Species
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2515-5172/ae3f95

Relativistic Limits of Spaceflight
https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/10.2514/5.9781563479953.0455.0470

Twelve-Day Space Station Isolation Simulation: The Effect of Virtual Nature Therapy on Depression in an Isolated, Enclosed Environment
https://spj.science.org/doi/10.34133/space.0361

Developing Explainable Artificial Intelligence Models for Space Science Applications
https://spj.science.org/doi/10.34133/space.0255

Distinguishing Biotic vs. Abiotic Origins of ‘Bio’signatures: Clues from Messy Prebiotic Chemistry for Detection of Life in the Universe
https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1729/13/3/766

Solar Sail Transfers under Uncertainties: A Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach
https://spj.science.org/doi/10.34133/space.0297

H-SPAR DB: human spaceflight platform for analysis and research—an integrative omics database for space health
https://academic.oup.com/database/article/doi/10.1093/database/baaf083/8426099

Setting a polyphasic approach to study Antarctic cryptoendolithic communities as a toolkit for astrobiology
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/international-journal-of-astrobiology/article/setting-a-polyphasic-approach-to-study-antarctic-cryptoendolithic-communities-as-a-toolkit-for-astrobiology/55E114A9FF65B22C11534B3FC26CA1BE

Navigating life in the extremes: a bibliometric exploration of extremophiles and astrobiology
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/international-journal-of-astrobiology/article/navigating-life-in-the-extremes-a-bibliometric-exploration-of-extremophiles-and-astrobiology/D50EAEA3D9366BA14492E8A9ACBA8F85

On astrotheology as natural theology
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/religious-studies/article/on-astrotheology-as-natural-theology/4690EB2A9D4D611926DA2DD2BA1397E7

AI and Social IoT for Autonomous Space Missions and Exoplanet Discovery
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-032-10122-8_14

The Design of a Bioinspired Integrated Total Habitability Instrument for Planetary Exploration: A Review of Potential Sensing Technologies
https://www.mdpi.com/2313-7673/10/11/742

Sustainable Water Systems in Space: A Review of Current Technologies and Future Prospects
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2025WR041273

Mineral Weathering Experiments for Terrestrial Planetary Analogs in a Continuous-Flow Reactor
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2025JE009384

Exoplanet Metallicity as a Probe of Nuclear Astrophysics
https://sympnp.org/proceedings/69/C33.pdf

PLANETARY SCIENCE THEORIES AND OBSERVATIONS – Exoplanetary system and exoplanet
https://zenodo.org/records/18458701

Exploring student attitudes in astrobiology laboratory sessions within an astronomical observatory: A questionnaire-based study
https://zenodo.org/records/18453425

Coherent Biology: Life in Electromagnetic and Plasma-Structured Environments
https://zenodo.org/records/18217838

Coherent Plasma Biology: Life, Nervous Systems, and Resonant Stability in Field-Defined Habitats
https://zenodo.org/records/18217818

Subtractive Metacryptography: Communication by Thermodynamics of Carrier Modulation
https://zenodo.org/records/18226925

Philosophical Approach to CETI: Developing a Conceptual Framework Based on Umwelt Theory
https://www.academia.edu/128111921/A_Philosophical_Approach_to_CETI_Developing_a_Conceptual_Framework_Based_on_Umwelt_Theory

Astrochemistry: The building blocks of life in the universe
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2214552426000234

On the rarity of rocket-driven Penrose extraction in Kerr spacetime
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.19616

The Inward Transition: Computational Optimization and the Fermi Paradox
https://www.academia.edu/146191620/The_Inward_Transition_Computational_Optimization_and_the_Fermi_Paradox

Warps survive beyond fly-by encounters in protoplanetary disks. RW Aur A as a case study
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.22223

The SPIRou Legacy Survey: Detection of a nearby world orbiting in the habitable zone of Gl725B achieved by correcting strong telluric contamination in near-infrared radial velocities with WAPITI
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.22815

How internal structure shapes the metallicity of giant exoplanets
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2026/02/aa57645-25/aa57645-25.html

A transiting hot Jupiter with two outer siblings orbiting an intermediate-mass post-main-sequence star
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2026/02/aa57200-25/aa57200-25.html

Spatial distribution of organics in the Horsehead nebula: signposts of chemistry driven by atomic carbon
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.20146

H^{18₂O in the terrestrial planet-forming regions of protoplanetary disks
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.20096}

The Origin, Extension, and Future of the “NASA Definition” of Life
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/15311074251412317

The Microbial Inhabitants of the Corona Lava Tube: Astrobiological Insights from a Mars Analog Environment
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/15311074251413229

The ALMA survey to Resolve exoKuiper belt Substructures (ARKS): I. Motivation, sample, data reduction, and results overview
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2026/01/aa56489-25/aa56489-25.html

Transit distances and composition of low-velocity exocomets in the β Pic system
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.15216

Microgravity-induced constraints on melanin bioproduction: investigating E. coli metabolic responses aboard the International Space Station
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41526-026-00560-w

Disk Evolution Study Through Imaging of Nearby Young Stars (DESTINYS): V721 CrA and BN CrA have wide and structured disks in the polarised infrared
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2026/02/aa56331-25/aa56331-25.html

The power of polarimetry for characterising exoplanet atmospheres, clouds, and surfaces with NASA’s Habitable Worlds Observatory
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.20902

The Third Option: Color Phase Curves to Characterize the Atmospheres of Temperate Rocky Exoplanets
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.20966

Balancing Variety and Sample Size: Optimal Parameter Sampling for Ariel Target Selection
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.21020

Thermal emission spectra of the ultra-hot Jupiter WASP-33 b
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.21072

A Comprehensive Network for the Discovery and Characterization of Interstellar Objects
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.21184

Coupled thermal-chemical evolution models of sub-Neptunes reveal atmospheric signatures of their formation location
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.21377

Nucleus and Postperihelion Activity of Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS Observed by Hubble Space Telescope
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.21569

Hidden Gems in TESS: sherlock finds two new rocky planets around nearby M dwarfs
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.21774

Critical Evaluation of Studies Alleging Evidence for Technosignatures in the POSS1-E Photographic Plates
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.21946

The Volatile Inventory of 3I/ATLAS as seen with JWST/MIRI
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.22034

Densities of small planets around the M dwarfs TOI-4336 A and TOI-4342 with ESPRESSO: Three sub-Neptunes, one super-Earth, and a Neptune-mass candidate
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.22115

High-Pressure Torsion-Induced Transformation of Adenosine Monophosphate: Insights into Prebiotic Chemistry of RNA by Astronomical Impacts
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.21378

Global outreach and cultural impact of A Sign in Space, an interdisciplinary simulation of a first contact scenario
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0094576526000421

Halotolerant bacteria from mangrove and restinga ecosystems in Camocim, Brazil: astrobiological relevance and biotechnological potential
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41455854/

Broadband, High-Reflectivity Dielectric Mirrors at Wafer Scale: Combining Photonic Crystal and Metasurface Architectures for Advanced Lightsails
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.nanolett.4c01374

Antimatter rockets and interstellar propulsion
https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/10.2514/6.1993-2007

A systematic review of the cerebrovascular adaptations following exposure to spaceflight or ground-based analogs: lessons from human and animal studies
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41526-025-00540-6

The effect of space travel on human reproductive health: a systematic review
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41526-024-00351-1

Effect of microgravity on the feasibility and accuracy of dental procedures
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41526-025-00552-2

Effects of microgravity mechanotransduction in bone tissue and cells: systematic review on primary cilium-dependent mechanisms
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41526-025-00556-y

A Closed-form Analytical Theory of Nonisobaric Transmission Spectroscopy for Exoplanet Atmospheres
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ae3246

Developing the SNRAS Metric: Enhancing the Reliability of Exoplanet Detection in Heteroscedastic Light Curves Vetting Heteroscedastic Light Curves in Kepler and TESS Data
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/400103399_Developing_the_SNRAS_Metric_Enhancing_the_Reliability_of_Exoplanet_Detection_in_Heteroscedastic_Light_Curves_Vetting_Heteroscedastic_Light_Curves_in_Kepler_and_TESS_Data

The SCG-HMH + Spaceship TITAN integration: A Regenerative, Self-Sustaining Starship Powered by Recycled Entropy and Stellar Heat (conceptual design – not a working prototype)
https://zenodo.org/records/18430289

Sustainable Energy in Space Exploration: Challenges and Potentials
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/374002217_Sustainable_Energy_in_Space_Exploration_Challenges_and_Potentials

Spin Concept Propulsion for Reactionless Interstellar Travel
https://www.academia.edu/143197891/Spin_Concept_Propulsion_for_Reactionless_Interstellar_Travel

3I/ATLAS: More Mathematical Correlations with the Earth’s 24-hour Rotational Cycle and the Bizarre Symmetry of its Tripartite Jet Structure
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/400024652_3IATLAS_More_Mathematical_Correlations_with_the_Earth’s_24-hour_Rotational_Cycle_and_the_Bizarre_Symmetry_of_its_Tripartite_Jet_Structure

The View From Pluto: Humanity’s Pathway to A Multi-World Civilisation
https://works.hcommons.org/records/q7vb8-33a47

NASA exoplanet probe tracks interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS to gauge its spin
https://www.space.com/astronomy/comets/nasa-exoplanet-probe-tracks-interstellar-comet-3i-atlas-to-gauge-its-spin

Novel quantitative push gravity/field theory poised for verification
https://zenodo.org/records/18411867

An observationally based wind model contemporaneous with the radio detections in τ Boötis
https://academic.oup.com/mnras/advance-article/doi/10.1093/mnras/staf2070/8443345

The K-dwarfs Survey I. Four Validated Planets from the Radius Valley to the Neptune Desert
https://academic.oup.com/mnras/advance-article/doi/10.1093/mnras/stag183/8442244

Fractal Aggregate Aerosols in the Virga Cloud Code. II. Exploring the Effects of Key Cloud Parameters in Warm Neptune, Hot Jupiter and Brown Dwarf Atmospheres
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ae2752

Stellar and orbital characterization of three low mass M dwarf binary stars with dynamical spectroscopy from the Habitable Zone Planet Finder
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.19996

Exomoons and Exorings with the Habitable Worlds Observatory II: Finding Endor with Lunar Eclipses
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.20002

Orbital stability of compact three-planet systems III. The role of three-body resonances
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.20220

Self-consistent N-body simulation of Planetesimal-Driven Migration. II. The effect of PDM on planet formation from a planetesimal disk
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.20348

The RoPES project with HARPS and HARPS-N II. A third planet in the multi-planet system HD 176986
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.20559

Climates of Terrestrial Exoplanets and Biosignatures
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.20620