Interstellar Updates

 

These are items of interest to the interstellar exploration community that we’ve found in our quest for information that will help us advance toward our goals.  If you know of anything we’ve overlooked, or any sources of such information we should monitor, or if you would like to be added to our IRG-updates mailing list and receive these updates in you email every weekday, please send that information to info@irg.space.

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August 07, 2024 updates

The Creation and Evolution of Consciousness & Subjectivity in a Biological Framework for The Universe
https://philarchive.org/archive/WILTCX

Formation of planetary atmospheres – Analytical estimation of vapor production via planetary impacts
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2024/08/aa50177-24/aa50177-24.html

The effect of dynamical interactions in stellar birth environments on the orbits of young close-in planetary system
https://academic.oup.com/mnras/advance-article/doi/10.1093/mnras/stae1900/7728553

The application of machine learning in tidal evolution simulation of star-planet systems
https://academic.oup.com/mnras/advance-article/doi/10.1093/mnras/stae1870/7728540

Galactic Orbits of Interstellar Objects
https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.02739

Utilizing Photometry from Multiple Sources to Mitigate Stellar Variability in Precise Radial Velocities: A Case Study of Kepler-21
https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.02873

On the links between Astronomy, Astronomers, and Science Fiction
https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.03183

August 06, 2024 updates

The 10 most Earth-like exoplanets
https://www.space.com/30172-six-most-earth-like-alien-planets.html

3D Orbital Architecture of Exoplanetary Systems: KAM-Stability Analysis
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1134/S1560354724040038

Stellar flares are far-ultraviolet luminous
https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/532/4/4436/7725642

Connections between Planetary Populations and Chemical Characteristics of Their Host Stars
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ad5722

Colorado Ultraviolet Transit Experiment Near-ultraviolet Transmission Spectroscopy of the Ultrahot Jupiter KELT-9b
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/ad61e5

Climatic Effects of Ocean Salinity on M Dwarf Exoplanets
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ad63a5

Evidence for Nightside Water Emission Found in Transit of Ultra-hot Jupiter WASP-33 b
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ad65cf

Exocomet Models in Transit: Light Curve Morphology in the Optical—Near Infrared Wavelength Range
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1538-3873/ad4fe3

On Interstellar Quantum Communication and the Fermi Paradox
https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.02445

Smells Like an Exoplanet
https://eos.org/articles/smells-like-an-exoplanet

August 05, 2024 updates

Gravitational Field Propulsion Techniques
https://indico.icranet.org/event/8/contributions/1555/

Microwave radiation of space and prospects for its use in quantum propulsors
https://journals.rcsi.science/0869-5873/article/view/260924

The Space Optimization Competition: Third Edition
https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3638530.3664048

The Caveman from Space Paradox
https://www.opastpublishers.com/peer-review/the-caveman-from-space-paradox-7861.html

3D Aeronomy of Two Mini-Neptunes in the HD 63433 System and Their in-Transit Absorption in Lyα and Metastable HeI Lines
https://academic.oup.com/mnras/advance-article/doi/10.1093/mnras/stae1794/7726723

A comprehensive review of extraterrestrial construction, from space concrete materials to habitat structures
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0141029624012859

Titanium oxide absorption as a proxy to detect long term variation and activity cycle in Proxima Centauri
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10509-024-04345-z

August 05, 2024 Updates

Gravitational Field Propulsion Techniques
https://indico.icranet.org/event/8/contributions/1555/

Microwave radiation of space and prospects for its use in quantum propulsors
https://journals.rcsi.science/0869-5873/article/view/260924

The Space Optimization Competition: Third Edition
https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3638530.3664048

The Caveman from Space Paradox
https://www.opastpublishers.com/peer-review/the-caveman-from-space-paradox-7861.html

3D Aeronomy of Two Mini-Neptunes in the HD 63433 System and Their in-Transit Absorption in Lyα and Metastable HeI Lines
https://academic.oup.com/mnras/advance-article/doi/10.1093/mnras/stae1794/7726723?searchresult=1

A comprehensive review of extraterrestrial construction, from space concrete materials to habitat structures
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0141029624012859

Titanium oxide absorption as a proxy to detect long term variation and activity cycle in Proxima Centauri
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10509-024-04345-z

August 02, 2024 updates

GASTLI – An open-source coupled interior–atmosphere model to unveil gas-giant composition
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2024/08/aa50559-24/aa50559-24.html

ExoplANETS-A: A virtual observatory database for host stars and planetary systems – The effect of XUV on planet atmospheres
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2024/08/aa49832-24/aa49832-24.html

Nondetections of Helium in the Young Sub-Jovian Planets K2-100b, HD 63433b, and V1298 Tau c
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/ad50d4

Lessons from Hubble and Spitzer: 1D Self-consistent Model Grids for 19 Hot Jupiter Emission Spectra
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ad5097

Repelling Planet Pairs by Ping-pong Scattering
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ad5a09

Using synthetic disk-integrated reflectance spectra to constrain direct imaging sensitivity requirements for a Mars-like exoplanet
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0032063324001089

Approximating Rayleigh Scattering in Exoplanetary Atmospheres using Physics-informed Neural Networks (PINNs)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.00084

Dynamical Viability Assessment for Habitable Worlds Observatory Targets
https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.00263

TESS discovery of two super-Earths orbiting the M-dwarf stars TOI-6002 and TOI-5713 near the radius valley
https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.00709