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Solar System Physics for Exoplanet Research
https://arxiv.org/abs/2004.13209
Mineral snowflakes on exoplanets and brown dwarfs: Effects of micro-porosity, size distributions, and particle shape
https://arxiv.org/abs/2004.13502
Aluminium oxide in the atmosphere of hot Jupiter WASP-43b
https://arxiv.org/abs/2004.13679
Electromagnetic induction heating as a driver of volcanic activity on massive rocky planets
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2020/04/aa37924-20/aa37924-20.html
SpecPhot: A Comparison of Spectroscopic and Photometric Exoplanet Follow-Up Methods
https://arxiv.org/abs/2004.12136
Properties of Sub-Neptune Atmospheres: TOI-270 System
https://arxiv.org/abs/2004.12475
Observational features of exoplanetary synchrotron radio bursts
https://arxiv.org/abs/2004.12663
A He I upper atmosphere around the warm Neptune GJ 3470b
https://arxiv.org/abs/2004.12812
Ions in the Thermosphere of Exoplanets: Observable Constraints Revealed by Innovative Laboratory Experiments
https://arxiv.org/abs/2004.12872
K-Stacker, an algorithm to hack the orbital parameters of planets hidden in high-contrast imaging. First applications to VLT SPHERE multi-epoch observations
https://arxiv.org/abs/2004.12878
Photometric Limits on the High Resolution Imaging of Exoplanets Using the Solar Gravity Lens
https://arxiv.org/abs/2004.12907
Radiation Effects on Astronautic Fertility in Space: Deep Space Policy
https://www.sciencepolicyjournal.org/article_1038126_jspg_16_01_01.html
Pulsar Positioning System: A quest for evidence of extraterrestrial engineering
https://www.academia.edu/31878996/Pulsar_Positioning_System_A_quest_for_evidence_of_extraterrestrial_engineering
Are we going to Alpha Centauri?
https://scivpro.com/manuscript/10_32386_scivpro_000019/
E|A|S (Evolving Asteroid Starships)
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-030-33471-0_67
Tidal evolution of exoplanetary systems hosting Potentially Habitable Exoplanets. The cases of LHS-1140 b-c and K2-18 b-c
https://academic.oup.com/mnras/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/mnras/staa1110/5825369
The Extended Kardashev Scale
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/ab792b
Astrophysical Insights into Radial Velocity Jitter from an Analysis of 600 Planet-search Stars
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/ab855a
Light-induced propulsion of graphene-on-grid sails in microgravity
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0094576520301582
Radiation conditions in relativistic interstellar flight
https://arxiv.org/abs/2004.10079
The multi-planet system TOI-421 — A warm Neptune and a super puffy mini-Neptune transiting a G9 V star in a visual binary
https://arxiv.org/abs/2004.10095
ALMA 0.88 mm Survey of Disks around Planetary-mass Companions
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/ab818c
The Impact of Planetary Rotation Rate on the Reflectance and Thermal Emission Spectrum of Terrestrial Exoplanets around Sunlike Stars
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ab83ec
Assessment of Supervised Machine Learning for Atmospheric Retrieval of Exoplanets
https://arxiv.org/abs/2004.10755
TESS unveils the phase curve of WASP-33b. Characterization of the planetary atmosphere and the pulsations from the star
https://arxiv.org/abs/2004.10767
TESS discovery of a super-Earth and three sub-Neptunes hosted by the bright, Sun-like star HD 108236
https://arxiv.org/abs/2004.11314
Neutral Iron Emission Lines From The Day-side Of KELT-9b — The GAPS Programme With HARPS-N At TNG XX
https://arxiv.org/abs/2004.11335
What’s in a name: the etymology of astrobiology
https://arxiv.org/abs/2004.11312
An interstellar origin for high-inclination Centaurs
https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/494/2/2191/5822028
Why Is it So Cold in Here? Explaining the Cold Temperatures Retrieved from Transmission Spectra of Exoplanet Atmospheres
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ab8238
Radial-velocity variations due to meridional flows in the Sun and solar-type stars: impact on exoplanet detectability
https://arxiv.org/abs/2004.10611
