Interstellar Updates

The Rest is Silence: Empirically Equivalent Hypotheses about the Universe
https://www.centauri-dreams.org/2025/12/01/the-rest-is-silence-empirically-equivalent-hypotheses-about-the-universe/

Optimal Solar System Escape Trajectories for Gradient-Index Solar Sails via Saturation Functions
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1270963825015408

First Results from the Subaru Telescope’s OASIS Survey: Direct Imaging of New Worlds Around Unexplored Stars
https://subarutelescope.org/en/results/2025/12/03/3626.html

JWST tracks helium escape from the atmosphere of the exoplanet WASP-107 b
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1038/s41550-025-02722-4

Icy or rocky? Convective or stable? New interior models of Uranus and Neptune
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2025/12/aa56911-25/aa56911-25.html

Very Large Telescope Observations of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS. II. From Quiescence to Glow: Dramatic Rise of Ni i Emission and Incipient CN Outgassing at Large Heliocentric Distances
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ae1cbc

X-Ray and UV Observations of the Young Sun HIP 67522: Evidence of Lyα Absorption within the Planetary System
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/ae19ed

The interstellar signature: A computational framework for open source interstellar tracking
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.07910

A Catalogue of Interstellar Material Delivery From Nearby Debris Disks
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.03159

Redox Diversity of Interstellar Compounds and Human Nutrients Reveals a Potentially Universal Chemical Constraint for Life
https://www.preprints.org/manuscript/202512.0612

Microlensing Signatures of Dyson Sphere-like Structures around Primordial Black Holes as Technosignatures of Extraterrestrial Advanced Civilizations
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.07924

Detection of 27 Candidate Circumbinary Planets Through Apsidal Precession of Eclipsing Binaries Observed by TESS
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.07934

The HIP 54515 b Superjovian Planet as an Early, Critical Look at the Roman Coronagraph’s Performance in the Faint Target Star, Small IWA Limit
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.07942

Heavy element enriched atmospheres and where they are born
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.07944

Follow-up Observations of Candidate White Dwarf Planets with MIRI
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.08191

Photon Dynamics and Collision Risks in Relativistic Spaceflight: A Comparative Study of Methods and Implications
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.08447

A Search for Transit Duration Variations in M dwarf Multi-Planet Systems
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.08530

Astrometric Reconnaissance of Exoplanetary Systems (ARES). I. Methodology validation with HST point-source images of Proxima Centauri
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.08533

Thermal design of focal plane assembly of wavefront camera for exoplanet imaging corona module
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.08708

Hot Jupiters are Inflated Primarily by Shallow Heating
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.08932

Beyond Symbols: Speculating on Field-Based Alien Languages
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/398356348_Beyond_Symbols_Speculating_on_Field-Based_Alien_Languages

A complex structure of escaping helium spanning more than half the orbit of the ultra-hot Jupiter WASP-121 b
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-66628-5

Refractory element abundances in rocky planets and their host stars: Revisiting the compositional link
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2025/12/aa56534-25/aa56534-25.html

The mid-infrared spectrum of β Pictoris b: First VLTI/MATISSE interferometric observations of an exoplanet
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2025/12/aa53323-24/aa53323-24.html

The Gaia–Kepler–TESS-host Stellar Properties Catalog: Uniform Physical Parameters for 10022 Host Stars and 10189 Planets
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/ae0e76

TESS Investigation—Demographics of Young Exoplanets (TI-DYE). IV. A Jovian-radius Planet Orbiting a 34 Myr Sun-like Star in the Vela Association
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/ae1b91

Numerical Nonadiabatic Tidal Calculations with GYRE-tides: The WASP-12 Test Case
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ae23cf

Ocean Circulation on Tide-locked Lava Worlds: 3D Modeling with a Simple Boundary Iteration Method
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ae1cc0

Projections of Earth’s Technosphere: Strategies for Observing Technosignatures on Terrestrial Exoplanets
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ae23c6

Climate Emergency and Different Ways to Fail? The Fermi Paradox, the Simulation Hypothesis, Agency and Hope
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jtsb.70023

3I/ATLAS: An Interstellar Crustal Fossil in the M-Relic (HLF) Framework for Small-Body Evolution
https://egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/2025/egusphere-2025-5829/

Multicolour Validation of Two Temperate Mini-Neptunes Around M-dwarf Habitable Zones
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.06817

Searching for Transit Timing Variations in young transiting systems
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.06035

Formation of cold giant planets around late M dwarfs via core accretion and the fate of inner rocky worlds
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.06115

ExoNAMD: Leveraging the spin-orbit angle to constrain the dynamics of multiplanetary systems
​https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.06126

Deciphering transmission spectra by exploring the solar paradigm
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.06487

Exoplanets synchronization: Learning from Venus’ retrograde rotation
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.06526

Revisiting the atmosphere of HAT-P-70b with CARMENES high-resolution transmission spectroscopy
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.06731

Multicolour Validation of Two Temperate Mini-Neptunes Around M-dwarf Habitable Zones
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.06817

SPHEREx Pre-Perihelion Mapping of H2O, CO2, and CO in Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.07318

Determining the Detectability of H2O with Photometric Observations using Bayesian Analysis for Remote Biosignature Identification on exoEarths (BARBIE)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.07620

JWST TRAPPIST-1 e/b Program: Motivation and first observations
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.07695

A 43 day transiting Neptune and two 25 day Saturns from TESS, NGTS and ASTEP
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.07716

TESS phase curve of ultra-hot Jupiter WASP-189 b
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.05175

Voluntary and Involuntary Technosignatures: Which Are to Be Encountered First
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1134/S1990341324600066

Vibrationally excited H2 muting the He i triplet line at 1.08 µm on warm exo-Neptunes
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/pdf/forth/aa58117-25.pdf

Convergent Religion in a Silent Universe: Patternless Noise, Infinite Intelligence, and the Fermi Paradox
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/398247257_Convergent_Religion_in_a_Silent_Universe_Patternless_Noise_Infinite_Intelligence_and_the_Fermi_Paradox

The Existence of Extra Terrestrial Intelligence: The Idea Behind SETI
https://www.academia.edu/19720370/The_Existence_of_Extra_Terrestrial_Intelligence_The_Idea_Behind_SETI

Autonomous Orbit Changing and Out-of-the Orbit to Interstellar Point Maneuvering: A Novel Concept
https://acceleron.org.in/index.php/aaj/article/view/264

Predictions of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Galactic Exoplanet Survey. V. Detection Rates of Multiplanetary Systems in High Magnification Microlensing Events
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.05182

Keck Observations in the INfrared of Taurus and ρ Oph Exoplanets And Ultracool dwarfs (KOINTREAU) I: A Planetary-Mass Companion and a Disk-Obscured Stellar Companion Discovered in Taurus
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.05191

Multi-bandpass Photometry for Exoplanet Atmosphere Reconnaissance (MPEAR) with the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) — I. Differentiating Earth from Neptunes During Discovery
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.05279

Exoplanet formation inference using conditional invertible neural networks
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.05751

Most Rocky Sub-Neptunes are Molten: Mapping the Solidification Shoreline for Gas Dwarf Exoplanets
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.05816

Chapter 12 – Space exploration
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/chapter/monograph/abs/pii/B9780443289194000143

Simulation of the radiological impact during selected space travel scenarios using the Monte Carlo code FLUKA
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0969806X25010230

A stochastic framework for the dark forest hypothesis: Modeling silence and survival in the cosmos
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S3050517825000814

Chapter 1.3 – Setting the stage: Building and maintaining a habitable world and the early conditions that could favor life’s beginnings on Earth and beyond
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/chapter/edited-volume/abs/pii/B9780323955478000033

Non-detection of J1407 b in ALMA Band 7 Observations
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2515-5172/ae2680

Exploring Warm Jupiter Migration Pathways with Eccentricities. II. Correlations with Host Star Properties and Orbital Separation
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/ae0e16

Antigravity as Vector Gravity: Controlled Inertia and Engine Concept
https://www.scienceopen.com/hosted-document?doi=10.14293/PR2199.002434.v1

SCExAO/CHARIS and Gaia Direct Imaging and Astrometric Discovery of a Superjovian Planet 3–4 λ/D from the Accelerating Star HIP 54515*
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/ae1a82

Characterization of debris disks observed with SPHERE
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2025/12/aa54953-25/aa54953-25.html

The WEAVE-TwiLight-Survey: Expanding WEAVE’s Reach to Bright and Low-Surface-Density Targets with a Novel Observing Mode
https://academic.oup.com/rasti/advance-article/doi/10.1093/rasti/rzaf060/8351077

FALCO: Foundation Model of Astronomical Light Curves for Time Domain Astronomy. Implementation and Applications on Kepler Data
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/ae1467

The Future of Human Evolution: Chapter 12 – Space exploration
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/chapter/monograph/abs/pii/B9780443289194000143

Long-term X-ray variability of the multiple-planet host L 98-59: Hints of an activity cycle
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/398357133_Long-term_X-ray_variability_of_the_multiple-planet_host_L_98-59_Hints_of_an_activity_cycle

Resolving the terrestrial planet-forming region of HD 172555 with ALMA: I. Post-impact dust distribution
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.04154

Fractal Aggregate Aerosols in the Virga Cloud Code II: Exploring the Effects of Key Cloud Parameters in Warm Neptune, Hot Jupiter and Brown Dwarf Atmospheres
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.04186

JWST Exoplanetary Worlds and Elemental Survey (JEWELS) I: High-Precision Chemical Abundances of 20 FGK Planet-Hosting Stars from JWST Cycle 2
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.04420

The GAPS programme at TNG LXXI. HD 128717 B/Gaia-6 B: a long-period eccentric low-mass brown dwarf from astrometry and radial velocities
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.04606

Oxygen Isotope Constraints on the Importance of Photochemical Processing in Protoplanetary Disks
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.04944

Responsible Discovery in Astrobiology: Lessons from Four Controversial Claims
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.04122

Turbulence and dust fragility in protoplanetary discs
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.24818

A note on the possibility of Comet 3I/ATLAS being a spaceship from an advanced alien civilization
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/398116399_A_note_on_the_possibility_of_Comet_3IATLAS_being_a_spaceship_from_an_advanced_alien_civilization

Interstellar Spacecraft Trajectory Analysis: a First-Principles and Numerical Optimization Approach using Pykep and Pygmo
https://etd.ohiolink.edu/acprod/odb_etd/etd/r/1501/10?clear=10&p10_accession_num=dayton1763132394246063

Satellite megaconstellations will threaten space-based astronomy
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09759-5

Voluntary and Involuntary Technosignatures: Which Are to Be Encountered First
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1134/S1990341324600066

Estimates of Atmospheric Mass Loss for Two Planets of the Young Solar Analog HD 109833
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1134/S1990341325600437

Eccentric disks as a gateway to giant planet outward migration
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2025/12/aa57059-25/aa57059-25.html

Detecting Exoplanets beyond the Local Supercluster through Gravitational Waves with B-DECIGO and DECIGO
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ae1ef2

Diversity of Low-mass Planet Atmospheres in the C–H–O–N–S–Cl System with Interior Dissolution, Nonideality, and Condensation: Application to TRAPPIST-1e and Sub-Neptunes
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ae1479

Capture into Apsidal Resonance and the Decimation of Planets around In-spiraling Binaries
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.03940

Probing for primordial black hole candidates in exoplanet search data
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.03118