Interstellar Updates

Conceptual discussion around the notion of the human being as an inter and multiplanetary species
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/international-journal-of-astrobiology/article/abs/conceptual-discussion-around-the-notion-of-the-human-being-as-an-inter-and-multiplanetary-species/15B38A98CE1C27A58D4AE41778B91054

Cometary Panspermia — Overcoming Cultural Constraints
https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/abs/10.1142/S266133952130001X

Metastable Helium Absorptions with 3D Hydrodynamics and Self-consistent Photochemistry. I. WASP-69b, Dimensionality, X-Ray and UV Flux Level, Spectral Types, and Flares
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/abf1ee/meta

Self-stabilizing curved metasurfaces as a sail for light-propelled spacecrafts
https://www.osapublishing.org/oe/fulltext.cfm?uri=oe-29-14-21562

The CARMENES search for exoplanets around M dwarfs – Two terrestrial planets orbiting G 264–012 and one terrestrial planet orbiting Gl 393
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2021/06/aa40633-21/aa40633-21.html

The History and Origins of Directed Panspermia
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2515-5172/ac0f5a

Metalaw – What is it good for?
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0094576521003362

A Pilot Radio Search for Magnetic Activity in Directly Imaged Exoplanets
https://arxiv.org/abs/2106.14994

A Dyson Sphere around a black hole
https://arxiv.org/abs/2106.15181

GMRT observations of the exoplanetary systems τ Boötis and 55 Cancri
https://arxiv.org/abs/2106.15246

An inventory of atomic species in the atmosphere of WASP-121b using UVES high-resolution spectroscopy
https://arxiv.org/abs/2106.15394

Transit detection of the long-period volatile-rich super-Earth ν2 Lupi d with CHEOPS
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-021-01381-5

A search for transiting planets around hot subdwarfs – I. Methods and performance tests on light curves from Kepler, K2, TESS, and CHEOPS
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/abs/2021/06/aa40381-21/aa40381-21.html

Photometric follow-up observations and transit timing analysis of HAT-P-37b
https://academic.oup.com/pasj/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/pasj/psab059/6310904

Analytical Solution of the Tidal Evolution of Eccentricity and Semimajor Axis for Close-in Planets
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2515-5172/ac0e96

A Fast Response Mission to Rendezvous with an Interstellar Object
https://arxiv.org/abs/2106.14319

Exoplanet X-ray irradiation and evaporation rates with eROSITA
https://arxiv.org/abs/2106.14550

Transmission spectroscopy with VLT FORS2: a featureless spectrum for the low-density transiting exoplanet WASP-88b
https://arxiv.org/abs/2106.14808

The Temporal Onset of Habitability For Earth-Like Planets
https://arxiv.org/abs/2106.14852

A Criterion for the Onset of Chaos in Compact, Eccentric Multiplanet Systems
https://arxiv.org/abs/2106.14863

On-Board Decision Making in Space with Deep Neural Networks and RISC-V Vector Processors
https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/10.2514/1.I010916

The similarity of the interstellar comet 2I/Borisov to Solar System comets from high-resolution optical spectroscopy
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2021/06/aa41245-21/aa41245-21.html

A brief history of the term ‘habitable zone’ in the 19th century
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/international-journal-of-astrobiology/article/abs/brief-history-of-the-term-habitable-zone-in-the-19th-century/73FAD17A3E1F7B58CDDE64A79D941CF7

New giant planet beyond the snow line for an extended MOA exoplanet microlens sample
https://academic.oup.com/mnras/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/mnras/stab1787/6309902

Searching For Transiting Planets Around Halo Stars. I. Sample Selection and Validation
https://arxiv.org/abs/2106.13251

Searching For Transiting Planets Around Halo Stars. II. Constraining the Occurrence Rate of Hot Jupiters
https://arxiv.org/abs/2106.13242

Implications of a search for intergalactic civilizations on prior estimates of human survival and travel speed
https://arxiv.org/abs/2106.13348

Speckle Observations of TESS Exoplanet Host Stars. II. Stellar Companions at 1-1000 AU and Implications for Small Planet Detection
https://arxiv.org/abs/2106.13354

The Exomoon Corridor for Multiple Moon Systems
https://arxiv.org/abs/2106.13421

Simulating Reflected Light Exoplanet Spectra of the Promising Direct Imaging Target, υ Andromedae d, with a New, Fast Sampling Method Using the Planetary Spectrum Generator
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/abf657

The IRG Staff

Past, present and future stars that can see Earth as a transiting exoplanet
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-03596-y

Machine learning techniques in studies of the interior structure of rocky exoplanets
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/abs/2021/06/aa40375-21/aa40375-21.html

The future influence of six exoplanets on the envelope properties of their parent stars on the giant branches
https://academic.oup.com/mnras/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/mnras/stab1774/6308832

Understanding the Effects of Systematics in Exoplanetary Atmospheric Retrievals
https://arxiv.org/abs/2106.12358

Radiative Rayleigh-Taylor Instability and the structure of clouds in planetary atmospheres
https://arxiv.org/abs/2106.12448