Interstellar Updates

Lightweight metasurface mirror of silicon nanospheres
https://www.osapublishing.org/ome/abstract.cfm?uri=ome-10-10-2706

Habitable worlds of merging stars
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/international-journal-of-astrobiology/article/habitable-worlds-of-merging-stars/89F8F995D2C47BCEE4CD800E5A60D8F8

Expecting the unexpected in the search for extraterrestrial life
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/international-journal-of-astrobiology/article/expecting-the-unexpected-in-the-search-for-extraterrestrial-life/6D49A34118730A6DBA09E41DF75A72B3

KELT-11 b: Abundances of water and constraints on carbon-bearing molecules from the Hubble transmission spectrum
https://arxiv.org/abs/2010.01310

Finding Signs of Life on Earth-like Planets: High-resolution Transmission Spectra of Earth through time around FGKM stars
https://arxiv.org/abs/2010.01734

K2-111: an old system with two planets in near-resonance
https://arxiv.org/abs/2010.01993

Time-resolved rotational velocities in the upper atmosphere of WASP-33 b
https://arxiv.org/abs/2010.02118

Spectropolarimetry of primitive phototrophs as global surface biosignatures
https://arxiv.org/abs/2010.02133

Stability of P-type orbits around stellar binaries: an extension to counter-rotating orbits
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1384107620302475

EvryFlare III: Temperature Evolution and Habitability Impacts of Dozens of Superflares Observed Simultaneously by Evryscope and TESS
https://arxiv.org/abs/2010.00604

A Comprehensive Reanalysis of Spitzer’s 4.5 μm Phase Curves, and the Phase Variations of the Ultra-hot Jupiters MASCARA-1b and KELT-16b
https://arxiv.org/abs/2010.00687

A data-driven approach to constraining the atmospheric temperature structure of KELT-9b
https://arxiv.org/abs/2010.00997

Refining the transit timing and photometric analysis of TRAPPIST-1: Masses, radii, densities, dynamics, and ephemerides
https://arxiv.org/abs/2010.01074

CHESS: An innovative concept for high-resolution, far-UV spectroscopy
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10686-020-09670-z

Direct confirmation of the radial-velocity planet β Pictoris c
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2020/10/aa39039-20/aa39039-20.html

Unveiling the β Pictoris system, coupling high contrast imaging, interferometric, and radial velocity data
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2020/10/aa38823-20/aa38823-20.html

Obliquity measurement and atmospheric characterisation of the WASP-74 planetary system
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/abs/2020/10/aa38703-20/aa38703-20.html

A High-Cadence UV-Optical Telescope Suite On The Lunar South Pole
https://arxiv.org/abs/2010.00007

Beyond Equilibrium Temperature: How the Atmosphere/Interior Connection Affects the Onset of Methane, Ammonia, and Clouds in Warm Transiting Giant Planets
https://arxiv.org/abs/2010.00146

The CARMENES search for exoplanets around M dwarfs. Three temperate to warm super-Earths
https://arxiv.org/abs/2010.00474

Search for New Worlds at Home With NASA’s Planet Patrol Project
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2020/search-for-new-worlds-at-home-with-nasa-s-planet-patrol-project

A precise architecture characterization of the π Mensae planetary system
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/abs/2020/10/aa38416-20/aa38416-20.html

Search for Nearby Earth Analogs .III. Detection of 10 New Planets, 3 Planet Candidates, and Confirmation of 3 Planets around 11 Nearby M Dwarfs
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4365/abb139

The TESS-Keck Survey. III. A Stellar Obliquity Measurement of TOI-1726 c
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/abb3bd

How Does Background Air Pressure Influence the Inner Edge of the Habitable Zone for Tidally Locked Planets in a 3D View?
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/abb87f

VIBES: VIsual Binary Exoplanet survey with SPHERE Upper limits on wide S-planet and S-BD frequencies, triple system discovery, and astrometric confirmation of 20 stellar binaries and three triple systems
https://arxiv.org/abs/2009.14528

Effect of mantle oxidation state and escape upon the evolution of Earth’s magma ocean atmosphere
https://arxiv.org/abs/2009.14599

Application of Orbital Stability and Tidal Migration Constraints for Exomoon Candidates
https://arxiv.org/abs/2009.14723

TOI 540 b: A Planet Smaller than Earth Orbiting a Nearby Rapidly Rotating Low-mass Star
https://arxiv.org/abs/2009.13623

The Phase-curve Signature of Condensible Water-rich Atmospheres on Slowly Rotating Tidally Locked Exoplanets
https://arxiv.org/abs/2009.13638

Maintaining the Ephemeris of 20 CoRoT Planets: Transit Minimum Times and Potential Transit Timing Variations
https://arxiv.org/abs/2009.14132

Determining the true mass of radial-velocity exoplanets with Gaia: 9 planet candidates in the brown-dwarf/stellar regime and 27 confirmed planets
https://arxiv.org/abs/2009.14164

The Sun Diver: Combining solar sails with the Oberth effect
https://arxiv.org/abs/2009.12659