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Revisiting the 16 Cygni planet host at unprecedented precision and exploring automated tools for precise abundances
https://arxiv.org/abs/1906.04195
Growth Model Interpretation of Planet Size Distribution
https://arxiv.org/abs/1906.04253
Frequency of planets orbiting M dwarfs in the Solar neighbourhood
https://arxiv.org/abs/1906.04644
Constraining Exoplanet Metallicities and Aerosols with ARIEL: An Independent Study by the Contribution to ARIEL Spectroscopy of Exoplanets (CASE) Team
https://arxiv.org/abs/1906.02820
‘First light’ achieved on upgraded planet-finding instrument to search for Earth-like planets in nearest star system
https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1911/
A Hot Saturn Near (but unassociated with) the Open Cluster NGC 1817
https://arxiv.org/abs/1906.02395
A Pathfinder for Imaging Extrasolar Earths from the Ground
https://arxiv.org/abs/1906.02214
Securing the legacy of TESS through the care and maintenance of TESS planet ephemerides
https://arxiv.org/abs/1906.02197
Stable diffractive beam rider
Https://Www.Osapublishing.Org/Ol/Abstract.Cfm?Uri=Ol-44-12-3082
Nonparametric Approach to Weak Signal Detection in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI)
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-22747-0_1
Dyson Sphere Research Paper
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Melih_Guelacti/publication/333603778_DYSON_SPHERE_RESEARCH_PAPER/links/5cf663db4585153c3db1ee0e/DYSON-SPHERE-RESEARCH-PAPER.pdf
The Degree of Alignment Between Circumbinary Disks and Their Binary Hosts
https://arxiv.org/abs/1906.03269
Probing Extrasolar Planetary Systems with Interstellar Meteors
https://arxiv.org/abs/1906.03270
KELT-24b: A 5MJ Planet on a 5.6 day Well-Aligned Orbit around the Young V=8.3 F-star HD 93148
https://arxiv.org/abs/1906.03276
Analysis of putative exoplanetary signatures found in light curves of two sdBV stars observed by Kepler
https://arxiv.org/abs/1906.03321
The runaway greenhouse radius inflation effect – An observational diagnostic to probe water on Earth-size planets and test the Habitable Zone concept
https://arxiv.org/abs/1906.03527
A Probabilistic Approach to Kepler Completeness and Reliability for Exoplanet Occurrence Rates
https://arxiv.org/abs/1906.03575
Modeling the light curve of `Oumuamua: evidence for torque and disc-like shape
https://arxiv.org/abs/1906.03696
Mythic forecasts: researcher portrayals of extraterrestrial life discovery
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/international-journal-of-astrobiology/article/mythic-forecasts-researcher-portrayals-of-extraterrestrial-life-discovery/19F4B57F48800A38D3092BBF1D57380F
Flux and polarization signals of Earth-like exoplanets covered by sub-solar clouds
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10509-019-3588-y
Interstellar dust in the solar system: model versus in situ spacecraft data
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2019/06/aa34316-18/aa34316-18.html
Evolution of Novel Activation Functions in Neural Network Training with Applications to Classification of Exoplanets
https://arxiv.org/abs/1906.01975
Small Planets in the Galactic Context: Host Star Kinematics, Iron, and α Element Enhancement
https://arxiv.org/abs/1906.01982
Cold Debris Disks as Strategic Targets for the 2020s
https://arxiv.org/abs/1906.02129
Mean motion resonances with nearby moons: an unlikely origin for the gaps observed in the ring around the exoplanet J1407b
https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/486/2/1681/5366001
Stellar activity and planetary atmosphere evolution in tight binary star systems
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/abs/2019/06/aa32805-18/aa32805-18.html
Detection of Planetary and Stellar Companions to Neighboring Stars via a Combination of Radial Velocity and Direct Imaging Techniques
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/ab1ddf
Cheating the death of the sun by relativistic interstellar spaceflight
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0094576519305776?via%3Dihub
Exploring the Kuiper Belt with sun-diving solar sails
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0094576519300013
Human Reliability Research Needs for Long-Duration Spaceflight
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-20037-4_26
