Interstellar Updates

Three Thousand Motion-Confirmed L and T Dwarf Candidates from the Backyard Worlds:~Planet 9 Citizen Science Project
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.01323

Hot Rocks Survey V: Secondary Eclipse Photometry of GJ 3473 b with JWST/MIRI
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.02332

Masses of Potentially Habitable Planets Characterized by the Habitable Worlds Observatory
https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.11146

PDRs4All: XVIII. JWST-NIRCam photometric properties of protoplanetary disks in the Orion Nebula Cluster
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2026/04/aa58551-25/aa58551-25.html

Dynamics of Y dwarf atmospheres
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2026/04/aa56972-25/aa56972-25.html

Unusually Hot Interiors Could Reconcile the Missing Methane Problem for Warm-to-Hot Exoplanets with Hydrogen Atmospheres
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.01672

Semianalytical Accretion-Tracer Emission: Forming Planets Are Intrinsically Faint
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.00138

Toward a Physics of the Ceiling: Structural Limits on the Evolution of Advanced Civilizations and the Emergence of Compact Final Forms
https://bis-space.com/shop/product/jbis-079-02-0044/

We the Living: There is absolutely nothing wrong with the species-level perspective on space settlement
https://bis-space.com/shop/product/jbis-079-01-0021/

Orbit to Interstellar: A Kevlar Tether Deployment System
https://bis-space.com/shop/product/jbis-079-03-0074/

Laser-ZPE Interstellar Propulsion Revisited
https://bis-space.com/shop/product/jbis-079-02-0040/

Activity of the K4 Dwarf HAT-P-11 and Mass Loss of the Atmosphere of Its Exoplanet HAT-P-11 b
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1134/S1063772926700095

No thick atmosphere around TRAPPIST-1 b and c from JWST thermal phase curves
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-026-02806-9

Modeling the risk of airborne transmission of respiratory viruses in microgravity
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41526-026-00590-4

Bridging Solar and Stellar Physics: Role of SDO in Understanding Stellar Active Regions and Atmospheric Heating
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11207-026-02634-0

HATPI Preperihelion Time-series Photometry of the Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/ae4a99

NASA’s Pandora SmallSat Mission: Simulated Modeling and Retrieval of Near-infrared Exoplanet Transmission Spectra
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/ae4d3c

Topography-induced Stationary Waves and the Onset of Nightside Warming on Rocky Planets around M Dwarf Stars
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ae4485

High-resolution Mid-infrared Spectroscopy of SVS13-A with EXES/SOFIA: The Surprisingly High CH₃OH/H₂O Ratio in the Planet-forming Zone of a Solar Mass Protostar
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ae5487

Modeling Wind-Driven Waves on Other Planets: Applications to Mars, Titan, and Exoplanets
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2025JE009490

Deciphering the “Missing Xenon Paradox” in Celestial Bodies: A Multifaceted Perspective Toward Demystifying This Enigma
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2025JE009110

Better origin(s) of life research through collaboration across disciplines
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666386426001268

What it takes to solve the origins of life: An integrated review. Part 2: Theoretical methods and emerging trends
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666386426001177

Molecular Geometry as Projection: Water, Proteins, and the Cosmic Distribution of Pre-Biotic Chemistry
https://zenodo.org/records/19411087

Geographic Information Systems for Space Science Education: A Review
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s42330-026-00422-3

The Science of the Einstein Telescope
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1475-7516/2026/03/081

Differentiable Optics with dLux II: Optical Design Maximising Fisher Information
https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.08704v4

Beyond Beryllium: AI-Accelerated Materials Discovery for Interstellar Spacecraft Shielding
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.00571

From Space Dust to Protocells: Micrometeorites in Early Cellular Evolution
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/15311074261434670

Chemical Routes to Primitive Membranes: Prebiotic Lipid Formation at the Origin of Life
https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1729/16/3/497

Spiral formation caused by late infall onto protoplanetary disks
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2026/04/aa58773-25/aa58773-25.html

High-resolution Spectroscopic Atmospheric Studies of Five Hot Jupiters Across the Edge of the Neptune Desert
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/ae4de5

Information content of JWST transmission spectroscopy of the exoplanet HAT-P-12b from the optical to the mid-infrared
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.01219

Focal plane wavefront control with model-based reinforcement learning
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.00993

Long-term activity cycles in planetary M stars observed with SOPHIE
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2026/04/aa56087-25/aa56087-25.html

TESS Planet Occurrence Rates Reveal the Disappearance of the Radius Valley Around Mid-to-Late M Dwarfs
https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.23364

Exploring hidden cosmic highways: stability and orbital dynamics of quasi-Lagrangian points in the Kepler-1625 exoplanetary system
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12036-026-10141-8

The biodesign framework: professional biodesign practices
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-3190/ae54ef

An innovative alternative to traditional funding streams for extragalactic astronomy
https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.29340

The Influence of Clouds and Deuterium-burning on Brown Dwarf Habitable Zones
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ae4fb0

On the importance of laboratory experiments for interpreting exoplanet observations
https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.24809

New Constraints on the M Dwarf Cosmic Shoreline from a Galaxy Far, Far Away
https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.29743

Homogeneous stellar parameters for 717,807 TESS FGK stars using Gaia DR3
https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.29817

Data-driven discovery of dynamo cycle equations
https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.29079

Protoplanetary Disk Evolution in a Low-Metallicity Environment: JWST’s First Mid-Infrared Census of Low-Mass Stars
https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.29007

Where to Search For Life: Evidence from narrative sources with established predictive efficacy
https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.28883

First Detection of Exoplanetary Cannabinoids: Evidence for THC and CBD in the Atmosphere of K2-18b
https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.29700

Antimatter Propulsion for Interstellar Travel via Positron Production from Potassium-40 Rich Biological Matter
https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.29635

The SPHEREx Instrument: Calibration, testing and performance measurements of the NIR 2 spectroscopic surveyor from the laboratory to in-orbit commissioning
https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.29835

AI Cosplaying as Astrophysicists: A Controlled Synthetic-Agent Study of AI-Assisted Astrophysical Research Workflows
https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.29039

The WEAVE acquisition and guiding software: pattern recognition-based acquisition and multi-fibre guiding
https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.30044

Revisiting Darwin’s Warm Little Pond in the 21st Century: Land-Based Scenarios for Life’s Origins
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/15311074261434368

The Planetary and its uses: Grounding political economy in an astrobiological perspective
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/20530196261434014

Giant Planet Lagrange Points L2 as Locations for Photon Sail Manufacturing Facilities
https://bis-space.com/shop/product/jbis-079-03-0107/

Optimal Energy and Resource Distribution in Kardashev Type III Civilizations
https://bis-space.com/shop/product/jbis-079-02-0052/

Ultra-Long Wave Civilization Filter: a Selective Approach to Interstellar Communication
https://bis-space.com/shop/product/jbis-079-02-0038/

From assembly to first light: integration, testing, and commissioning of the Henrietta Exoatmosphere spectrograph
https://spie.org/astronomical-telescopes-instrumentation/presentation/From-assembly-to-first-light–integration-testing-and-commissioning/14149-411

A cloudy fit to the atmosphere of WASP-107 b
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2026/04/aa58447-25/aa58447-25.html

The influence of hypothetical exomoons on planetary thermal phase curves
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2026/04/aa55379-25/aa55379-25.html

From dust to planets – II. Effects of wide binary companions and external photoevaporation on planetesimal and embryo formation
https://academic.oup.com/mnras/advance-article/doi/10.1093/mnras/stag602/8551344

Orbyts: Transit timing variations
https://academic.oup.com/astrogeo/article/67/2/2.27/8540141

Identifying Exoplanets with Deep Learning. VI. Enhancing Neural Network Mitigation of Stellar Activity RV Signals with Additional Metrics
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/ae45fd

Planet−Disk Interactions and the Convective Overstability. I. Low-mass Planets
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ae4d15

ASTER — Agentic Science Toolkit for Exoplanet Research
https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.26953

Recent Progress in the Characterization of the Atmosphere of Exoplanets: Observations, Models
https://acopen.umsida.ac.id/index.php/acopen/article/view/13828

The Exploration of Exoplanets Based on The Transit Method
https://drpress.org/ojs/index.php/ajst/article/view/33322

GSF-22 -Resonant Chains on the Scale Manifold: From Kepler Projection to Corridor Capture in Exoplanet Systems
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/402124699_GSF-22_-Resonant_Chains_on_the_Scale_Manifold_From_Kepler_Projection_to_Corridor_Capture_in_Exoplanet_Systems

Origins of Compact Mean-Motion Resonances: Evidence for Long-Range Migration and the Case of Kepler-36
https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.27093

Quantifying Building Blocks of Life in Planetary Analog Materials: Implications for Prebiotic Chemistry and Biosignature Identification
https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.27598

Closeby Habitable Exoplanet Survey (CHES). V. Planetary Parameters Derived from Angular Separation Variations
https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.27603

Exoformer: Accelerating Bayesian atmospheric retrievals with transformer neural networks
https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.27623

Planet-star interactions with precise transit timing. V. Tidal decay of hot Jupiters through wave breaking
https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.28157

Weighing the mass of LHS 3844 b
https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.28237

Mass determination of the ultra-short-period planet LHS 3844 b. First K-band radial velocity measurements with CRIRES+
https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.28238

The KPF-SLOPE Survey – Small, Compact Multi-Planet Systems Appear Spin-Orbit Aligned
https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.23713

Asymptotic stability of laser-driven lightsails: Orders of magnitude enhancement by optical dispersion engineering in gratings
https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.26991

The GAPS Programme at the TNG LXXII. TOI-5734b: A hot sub-Neptune orbiting a relatively young K dwarf with an Earth-like density★
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2026/04/aa55931-25/aa55931-25.html

Inhomogeneous magnetic coupling in exoplanets: The stop and go of WASP-18 b’s atmospheric flows
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2026/04/aa58210-25/aa58210-25.html

A tension between dust and gas radii: The role of substructures and external photoevaporation in protoplanetary disks
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2026/04/aa54500-25/aa54500-25.html

Exocomets of β Pictoris II. Two dynamical families of exocomets simulated with REBOUND
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2026/04/aa56139-25/aa56139-25.html

Dynamics of the TWA 7 planetary system and possibility of an additional planet
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2026/04/aa59112-26/aa59112-26.html

The PAIRS project: a global formation model for planets in binaries I. Effect of disc truncation on the growth of S-type planets
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2026/04/aa57243-25/aa57243-25.html

The PAIRS project: a global formation model for planets in binaries II. Gravitational perturbation effects from secondary stars
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2026/04/aa57244-25/aa57244-25.html

Lost in space
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0262407926005130

Interstellar comet has water unlike any in our solar system
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0262407926005051

Inside the drive to take antimatter on a continental road trip
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0262407926004938

Structural analysis of aerographite solar sail topologies
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S009457652600216X

Direct Imaging for the Debris Disk around epsilon Eridani with the Cool-planet Imaging Coronagraph
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1674-4527/ae4a03

Warm Debris Disk Candidates around Nearby FGK Stars from LAMOST DR12
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1674-4527/ae4bb0

A Possible Mechanism to Explain the Prograde Equatorial Jet of a Jupiter-like Gaseous Giant
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ae518c

“Popcorn Planets” Are Not Actively Inflated by Eccentricity Tides
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ae517e

The First Dedicated Survey of Atmospheric Escape from Planets Orbiting F Stars
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/ae4e17

TOI-7169 b: A Hot Jupiter Transiting a Metal-Poor Star
https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.25787

The role of inner disk edges in shaping ultra-short-period planet systems around late M dwarfs
https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.26204

The atmosphere of K2-18 b: The role of hazes, clouds and photoelectrons
https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.26474