Interstellar Updates

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

Tidally Heated Exomoons around Gas Giants
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/PSJ/abf6cb

Gaia search for stellar companions of TESS Objects of Interest II
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/asna.202113972

Exploiting timing capabilities of the CHEOPS mission with warm-Jupiter planets
https://arxiv.org/abs/2106.11331

Non-detection of Helium in the upper atmospheres of TRAPPIST-1b, e and f
https://arxiv.org/abs/2106.11444

Simulating gas giant exoplanet atmospheres with Exo-FMS: Comparing semi-grey, picket fence and correlated-k radiative-transfer schemes
https://arxiv.org/abs/2106.11664