Interstellar Updates

Non-LTE spectroscopy of methane in hypersonic flow for the characterisation of hot Jupiters
https://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-03341145/document

Antennas searching for extraterrestrials threatened by wildfire
https://www.seti.org/press-release/antennas-searching-et-threatened-wildfire

Q2 2021 Activity Report of the SETI Institute
https://www.seti.org/q2-2021-activity-report-seti-institute

Polarimetric signature of the oceans as detected by near-infrared Earthshine observations
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/abs/2021/09/aa39331-20/aa39331-20.html

New worlds, new chemistry, new ceramics
https://ceramics.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ces2.10104

Spi-OPS: Spitzer and CHEOPS confirm the near-polar orbit of MASCARA-1 b and reveal a hint of dayside reflection
https://arxiv.org/abs/2109.05031

Rescuing Unrecognized Exoplanet Candidates in Kepler Data
https://arxiv.org/abs/2109.05398

Analysis of HAT-P-16b and TrES-3b Exoplanets by the Transit Timing Variations Method
https://arxiv.org/abs/2109.06108

Origins space telescope: from first light to life
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10686-021-09782-0

Erosion of Icy Interstellar Objects by Cosmic Rays and Implications for `Oumuamua
https://arxiv.org/abs/2109.04494

Flares Big and Small: a K2 and TESS View of ASAS-SN Superflares
https://arxiv.org/abs/2109.04501

The peculiar chemical pattern of the WASP-160 binary system: signatures of planetary formation and evolution?
https://arxiv.org/abs/2109.04590

Observability of temperate exoplanets with Ariel
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10686-021-09793-x

Detection of Ionized Calcium in the Atmosphere of the Ultra-Hot Jupiter WASP-76b
https://arxiv.org/abs/2109.04373

A Lyman-alpha transit left undetected: the environment and atmospheric behavior of K2-25b
https://arxiv.org/abs/2109.04376

Advances in Deep Space Exploration via Simulators and Machine Learning
https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5xt0p78s

Targeted launch date for Webb: 18 December 2021
https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Webb/Targeted_launch_date_for_Webb_18_December_2021

Scaling laws for stagnant-lid convection with a buoyant crust
https://academic.oup.com/gji/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/gji/ggab366/6366931

Five Methods of Exoplanet Detection
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/2012/1/012135

Efficient and precise transit light curves for rapidly-rotating, oblate stars
https://arxiv.org/abs/2109.03250

The Planetary Systems Imager Adaptive Optics System: An Initial Optical Design and Performance Analysis Tools for the PSI-Red AO System
https://arxiv.org/abs/2109.03321

The K2-OjOS Project: New and Revisited Planets and Candidates in K2 Campaigns 5, 16 & 18
https://arxiv.org/abs/2109.03346

TOI-3362b: A Proto-Hot Jupiter Undergoing High-Eccentricity Tidal Migration
https://arxiv.org/abs/2109.03771

Correcting the effect of stellar spots on ARIEL transmission spectra II. The limb darkening effect
https://academic.oup.com/mnras/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/mnras/stab2509/6366251

A colour portrait of the interstellar comet 2I/Borisov
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S003206332100180X

Simulating starspot activity jitter for spectral types F–M: Realistic estimates for a representative sample of known exoplanet hosts
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/asna.20210003

The TESS Mission Target Selection Procedure
https://arxiv.org/abs/2109.02665

Scaling K2. IV. A Uniform Planet Sample for Campaigns 1-8 and 10-18
https://arxiv.org/abs/2109.02675

On the Utility of Transmission Color Analysis I: Differentiating Super-Earths and Sub-Neptunes
https://arxiv.org/abs/2109.02714