Interstellar Updates

Natural Philosophy of Protoplanetary and Planetary Discs: On the Origin and Evolution of Life
https://www.onlinescientificresearch.com/journals/jeesr/abstract/natural-philosophy-of-protoplanetary-and-planetary-discs-on-the–origin-and-evolution-of-life-6825.html

Artificial Broadcasts as Galactic Populations: III. Constraints on Radio Broadcasts from the Cosmic Population of Inhabited Galaxies
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.00249

The CARMENES search for exoplanets around M dwarfs – Occurrence rates of Earth-like planets around very low-mass stars
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2025/04/aa53381-24/aa53381-24.html

Testing the performance of cross-correlation techniques to search for molecular features in JWST NIRSpec G395H observations of transiting exoplanets
https://academic.oup.com/mnras/advance-article/doi/10.1093/mnras/staf1659/8268886

A Scaling Law for the Orbital Architecture of Planetary Systems Formed by Gravitational Scattering and Collisions
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ae06fc

Water solubility in silicate melts: The effects of melt composition under reducing conditions and implications for nebular ingassing on rocky planets
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0009254125004383

Combined Exoplanet Mass and Atmospheric Characterization for Accelerated Exoplanetology
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.25323

Dynamical Architectures of S-type Transiting Planets in Binaries II: A Dichotomy in Orbital Alignment of Small Planets in Close Binary Systems
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.25332

Multi-modal atmospheric characterization of β Pictoris b: Adding high-resolution continuum spectra from GRAVITY
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.25338

The Open-Source Photochem Code: A General Chemical and Climate Model for Interpreting (Exo)Planet Observations
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.25578

Revisiting the Atmosphere of HD 149026b: The Role of Stellar Abundances and Choice of Opacities in Exoplanet Atmosphere Modeling
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.25785

Extreme NiI/FeI abundance ratio in the coma of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.26053

Architecture of planetary systems with and without outer giant planets I. Inner planet detections around HD 23079, HD 196067, and HD 86226
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.26232

General Relativity Can Prevent a Runaway Greenhouse on Potentially Habitable Planets Orbiting White Dwarfs
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.26421

Direct Measurement of Extinction in a Planet-Hosting Gap
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.26617

Beyond the Dark Forest: A Critical Analysis and Novel Extension of Liu Cixin’s Interstellar Civilization Theory
https://zenodo.org/records/17227223

A Two-Planet Problem with an Arbitrary Inclination of a Pair of Orbits. Secular Evolution of the Kepler-117 Exosystem
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1134/S1063772925702026

Modeling of Hot Jupiter HAT-P-32b and Transit Absorptions in Excited Hydrogen and Helium Atom Lines
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1134/S106377292570204X

Temporal evolution of the third interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS: Spin, color, spectra, and dust activity
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2025/10/aa56717-25/aa56717-25.html

Competing chemical signatures in the atmosphere of TOI-270 d: Inference of sulfur and carbon chemistry
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2025/09/aa55194-25/aa55194-25.html

The Formation of Ultra-short-period Planets under the Influence of the Nearby Planetary Companions
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/adfdd1

Water Production Rates of the Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ae08ab

Revising core powered mass loss: A critical assessment of the “energy limited” argument
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0019103525003756

Technique-agnostic exoplanet demography for the Roman era – I. Testing a retrieval framework using simulated Kepler-like transit datasets
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.24401

Re-accretion of Giant Impact Ejecta Can Drive Significant Atmospheric Erosion on Terrestrial Planets
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.22785

A Less Terrifying Universe? Mundanity as an Explanation for the Fermi Paradox
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.22878

Shedding Light on Desert Dwellers
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.22893

Coupled Planetary Interior and Tidal Evolution
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.22923

HARPS-N Reveals a Well-aligned Orbit for the Highly Eccentric Warm Jupiter TOI-4127 b
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.22972

How clear are the skies of WASP-80b?: 3D Cloud feedback on the atmosphere and spectra of the warm Jupiter
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.23406

Blink and you’ll miss it – How Technological Acceleration Shrinks SETI’s Narrow Detection Window
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.23632

Detection of OH and Fe in the dayside atmosphere of the hottest ultra-hot Jupiter KELT-9b with SPIRou
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.23850

The Formation of Ultra-short-period Planets under the Influence of the Nearby Planetary Companions
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.24199

Induction Heating in Super-Earths: A Thermochemical Perspective
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.25092

Colors of Life in the Clouds: Biopigments of atmospheric microorganisms as a new signature to detect life on planets like Earth
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.25173

Testing the Origin of Hot Jupiters with Atmospheric Surveys
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.13446

From Earthbound to Stars: Analyzing Humanity’s Path to a Type II Civilization
https://www.preprints.org/manuscript/202509.1932/v1

Hybrid Strategy for Coordinated Interstellar Signaling: Linking the Galactic Center and Extragalactic Bursts
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.20718

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

Innovative SiC ultraviolet instrumentation development with potential applications for the Habitable Worlds Observatory
https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/journals/Journal-of-Astronomical-Telescopes-Instruments-and-Systems/volume-11/issue-4/042225/Innovative-SiC-ultraviolet-instrumentation-development-with-potential-applications-for-the/10.1117/1.JATIS.11.4.042225.full

Beyond Earth: Strategic Pathways to a Multiplanet Civilization and the Case for Mars Settlement
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2362&context=ccr

The Transcendent Tapestry
https://philarchive.org/rec/AROTTT

Debris disks and their properties with the Habitable Worlds Observatory
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.21407

Upper Limit on the Non-Gravitational Acceleration and Lower Limits on the Nucleus Mass and Diameter of 3I/ATLAS
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.21408

Dynamical Pathways to the Misalignment of the VHS 1256-1257 System
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.21452

A Combined TESS and Ground-based Study of Transit Timing Variations in HAT-P-16, TOI-1516 and TOI-2046 Systems
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.21551

Limb Asymmetries on WASP-39b: A Multi-GCM Comparison of Chemistry, Clouds, and Hazes
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.21588

Low-mass companions to nine stars
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.22127

Starshades as technosignatures in direct imaging phase curves: Application to the Habitable Worlds Observatory targets
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.22301

The Origins & Reservoirs of Exocomets
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.22541

Temporal evolution of the third interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS: Spin, color, spectra, and dust activity
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2025/10/aa56717-25/aa56717-25.html

Shape shifting sailer: Entry and descent capabilities of self-foldable shape memory membranes
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0094576525006320

JWST Detection of a Carbon-dioxide-dominated Gas Coma Surrounding Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ae0647

Astrometric Methods for Detecting Exomoons Orbiting Imaged Exoplanets: Prospects for Detecting Moons Orbiting a Giant Planet in α Centauri A’s Habitable Zone
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ae0741

PEPSI Investigation, Retrieval, and Atlas of Numerous Giant Atmospheres (PIRANGA). III. Composition and winds in the atmosphere of TOI-1518 b
https://academic.oup.com/mnras/advance-article/doi/10.1093/mnras/staf1648/8266785

Deriving ʻOumuamua’s Anomalous Acceleration from First Principles in Spatial-Causal Geometry (SCG)
https://zenodo.org/records/17205296

The JWST weather report: Retrieving temperature variations, auroral heating, and static cloud coverage on SIMP-0136
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2025/10/aa55370-25/aa55370-25.html

Hot Rocks Survey. IV. Emission from LTT 3780 b Is Consistent with a Bare Rock
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/adfc51

JWST Detection of a Carbon-dioxide-dominated Gas Coma Surrounding Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ae0647

Modelling the effect of stellar metallicity on the XUV evolution of low-mass stars and its impact on exoplanet atmospheres/habitability
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/395848251_Modelling_the_effect_of_stellar_metallicity_on_the_XUV_evolution_of_low-mass_stars_and_its_impact_on_exoplanet_atmosphereshabitability

Revising the Giant Planet Mass-Metallicity Relation: Deciphering the Formation Sequence of Giant Planets
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.20428

Not All Sub-Neptune Exoplanets Have Magma Oceans
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.20429

How two-dimensional are planet-disc interactions? II. Radiation hydrodynamics and suitable cooling prescriptions
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.20464

HWO Target Stars and Systems: A Prioritized Community List of Potential Stellar Targets for the Habitable Worlds Observatory’s ExoEarth Survey
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.20544

Planets Without Plate Tectonics and too Little Carbon Dioxide Could Mean that Technological Alien Life is Rare
https://www.europlanet.org/epsc-dps2025-planets-without-plate-tectonics-and-too-little-carbon-dioxide-could-mean-that-technological-alien-life-is-rare/

Winding motion of spirals in a gravitationally unstable protoplanetary disk
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-025-02639-y

The GAPS Programme at TNG – LXIX. The dayside of WASP-76 b revealed by GIANO-B, HARPS-N, and ESPRESSO: Evidence of 3D atmospheric effects
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2025/09/aa55702-25/aa55702-25.html

Impact of rotation on synthetic mass–radius relationships of two-layer rocky planets and water worlds
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2025/09/aa54116-25/aa54116-25.html

Quantifying thermal water dissociation in the dayside photosphere of WASP-121 b using NIRPS
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2025/09/aa53724-25/aa53724-25.html

Evolution of Stellar Activity and Habitable zone: I. Ultraviolet Emission of Dwarfs in Open Clusters and Field Stars
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.18559

Searching for GEMS: TOI-5349b is a Saturn-like planet orbiting a metal-rich early M-dwarf
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.19492

Deep learning for exoplanet detection and characterization by direct imaging at high contrast
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.20310

21st-Century Astrobiology Missions Should Seek These High-Confidence Biosignatures
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.02746