In search of radio emission from exoplanets: GMRT observations of the binary system HD~41004
https://arxiv.org/abs/2011.06843
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November 13, 2020 updates
Ariel moves from blueprint to reality
https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Ariel_moves_from_blueprint_to_reality
A data-driven approach to constraining the atmospheric temperature structure of the ultra-hot Jupiter KELT-9b
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/abs/2020/11/aa39061-20/aa39061-20.html
A Mini-Neptune and a Radius Valley Planet Orbiting the Nearby M2 Dwarf TOI-1266 in Its Venus Zone: Validation with the Habitable-zone Planet Finder
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/abbe19
An enhanced slope in the transmission spectrum of the hot Jupiter WASP-104b
https://arxiv.org/abs/2011.06329
Evidence of a Clear Atmosphere for WASP-62b: the Only Known Transiting Gas Giant in the JWST Continuous Viewing Zone
https://arxiv.org/abs/2011.06424
An approximation to determine the source of the WOW! Signal
https://arxiv.org/abs/2011.06090
November 12, 2020 updates
Observability of ultraviolet N I lines in the atmosphere of transiting Earth-like planets
https://arxiv.org/abs/2011.05613
Resolving period aliases for TESS monotransits recovered during the extended mission
https://arxiv.org/abs/2011.05832
November 11, 2020 updates
Nondetection of Helium in the Upper Atmospheres of Three Sub-Neptune Exoplanets
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/abbee6
The Demographics of Exoplanets
https://arxiv.org/abs/2011.04703
A Search for Technosignatures Around 31 Sun-like Stars with the Green Bank Telescope at 1.15-1.73 GHz
https://arxiv.org/abs/2011.05265
November 10, 2020 updates
First, Do Nothing: A Passive Protocol for First Contact
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S026596462030031X
NASA Selects New Science Teams for Astrobiology Research
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-selects-new-science-teams-for-astrobiology-research
Interdisciplinary Consortia for Astrobiology Research
https://astrobiology.nasa.gov/research/astrobiology-at-nasa/icar/
Radiogenic Heating and Its Influence on Rocky Planet Dynamos and Habitability
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/abc251
Life’s irreducible structure: Where are we, five decades later?
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/bies.202000250
The Effect of Land Albedo on the Climate of Land-Dominated Planets in the TRAPPIST-1 System
https://arxiv.org/abs/2011.03621
Broadband transmission spectroscopy of HD209458b with ESPRESSO: Evidence for Na, TiO, or both
https://arxiv.org/abs/2011.03746
Identifying Bound Stellar Companions to Kepler Exoplanet Host Stars Using Speckle Imaging
https://arxiv.org/abs/2011.03903
A Simplified Photodynamical Model for Planetary Mass Determination in Low-Eccentricity Multi-Transiting Systems
https://arxiv.org/abs/2011.04404
Optical Verification Experiments of Sub-scale Starshades
https://arxiv.org/abs/2011.04432