Interstellar Updates

The future of space-based astronomy may depend on two large ground-based telescopes
https://spacenews.com/the-future-of-space-based-astronomy-may-depend-on-two-large-ground-based-telescopes/

World’s largest digital sky survey issues biggest astronomical data release ever
https://spacenewsfeed.com/index.php/news/2610-world-s-largest-digital-sky-survey-issues-biggest-astronomical-data-release-ever

The Netherlands will partner to build the largest radio telescope in the world
https://spacenewsfeed.com/index.php/news/2608-the-netherlands-will-partner-to-build-the-largest-radio-telescope-in-the-world

An optical transmission spectrum of the ultra-hot Jupiter WASP-33 b: First indication of aluminum oxide in an exoplanet
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2019/02/aa33837-18/aa33837-18.html

Transiting Exoplanet Monitoring Project (TEMP). V. Transit Follow Up for HAT-P-9b, HAT-P-32b, and HAT-P-36b
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/aaf6b6

Breakthrough Listen Observations of Asteroid (514107) 2015 BZ509 with the Parkes Radio Telescope
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2515-5172/ab010b

Near-resonance in a system of sub-Neptunes from TESS
https://arxiv.org/abs/1901.09092

A new metric to quantify the similarity between planetary systems – application to dimensionality reduction using T-SNE
https://arxiv.org/abs/1901.09719

Numerical constraints on the size of generation ships from total energy expenditure on board, annual food production and space farming techniques
https://arxiv.org/abs/1901.09542

The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets. XXXVI. Eight HARPS multi-planet systems hosting 20 super-Earth and Neptune-mass companions
https://arxiv.org/abs/1705.05153

The Social Dynamics of Science, Exoplanetary Environments and the Drake Equation
https://www.jbis.org.uk/paper/2018.71.65

Triple-Lens Gravitational Microlensing: Critical Curves for Arbitrary Spatial Configuration
https://arxiv.org/abs/1901.08610

Sparkling nights and very hot days on WASP-18b: the formation of clouds and the emergence of an ionosphere
https://arxiv.org/abs/1901.08640

1I/`Oumuamua As Debris of Dwarf Interstellar Comet That Disintegrated Before Perihelion
https://arxiv.org/abs/1901.08704

Sectoral r modes and periodic RV variations of Sun-like stars
https://arxiv.org/abs/1901.08777

The CARMENES search for exoplanets around M dwarfs. Activity indicators at visible and near-infrared wavelengths
https://arxiv.org/abs/1901.08861

The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets – XLIV. Eight HARPS multi-planet systems hosting 20 super-Earth and Neptune-mass companions
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/abs/2019/02/aa31173-17/aa31173-17.html

High-resolution confirmation of an extended helium atmosphere around WASP-107b
https://arxiv.org/abs/1901.08073

Giant planets and brown dwarfs on wide orbits: a code comparison project
https://arxiv.org/abs/1901.08089

Gas flow around a planet embedded in a protoplanetary disc: the dependence on the planetary mass
https://arxiv.org/abs/1901.08253

Low-Eccentricity Formation of Ultra-Short Period Planets in Multi-Planet Systems
https://arxiv.org/abs/1901.08258

Truly eccentric. I. Revisiting eight single-eccentric planetary systems
https://arxiv.org/abs/1901.08471

Truly eccentric. II. When can two circular planets mimic a single eccentric orbit?
https://arxiv.org/abs/1901.08472

Transit timing variations, radial velocities and long-term dynamical stability of the system Kepler-410
https://arxiv.org/abs/1901.08485

Origin of life’s building blocks in Carbon and Nitrogen rich surface hydrothermal vents
https://arxiv.org/abs/1901.08542

Rapid falling of an orbiting moon to its parent planet due to tidal-seismic resonance
https://arxiv.org/abs/1901.08561

Correction to: Effect of the rotation and tidal dissipation history of stars on the evolution of close-in planets
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10569-018-9880-2

The Demon in the Machine: How Hidden Webs of Information are Solving the Mystery of Life
https://cosmos.asu.edu/publications/demon-machine-how-hidden-webs-information-are-solving-mystery-life

The ionospheres of planets and exoplanets
https://academic.oup.com/astrogeo/article-abstract/60/1/1.25/5289963

Red dwarf planets lack volatiles
https://academic.oup.com/astrogeo/article-abstract/60/1/1.7/5289992

The need for single-mode fiber-fed spectrographs
https://arxiv.org/abs/1901.07567

On the stability of the co-orbital resonance under dissipation: Application to the evolution in protoplanetary discs
https://arxiv.org/abs/1901.07640

Blobs, spiral arms, and a possible planet around HD 169142
https://arxiv.org/abs/1901.06555

A Multi-Year Search For Transits Of Proxima Centauri. II: No Evidence For Transit Events With Periods Between 1-30 Days
https://arxiv.org/abs/1901.07034

Statistical Characterization of Hot Jupiter Atmospheres using Spitzer’s Secondary Eclipses
https://arxiv.org/abs/1901.07040

Transitional disk archeology from exoplanet population synthesis
https://arxiv.org/abs/1901.07078

Co-orbital exoplanets from close period candidates: The TOI-178 case
https://arxiv.org/abs/1901.07250

Simulations of the dynamics of the debris disks in the systems Kepler-16, Kepler-34, and Kepler-35
https://arxiv.org/abs/1901.07390

A Fast Radio Burst with frequency-dependent polarization detected during Breakthrough Listen observations
https://arxiv.org/abs/1901.07412

Discovery and Vetting of Exoplanets I: Benchmarking K2 Vetting Tools
https://arxiv.org/abs/1901.07459