Interstellar Updates

Cluster Anions of Hydrated Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons: “Magic” Water Tetramer
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.jpca.6c00211

Icy Volatile Enhancements in Evolving Protoplanetary Disks
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.14124

Uncovering the Rapidly Evolving Orbits of the Dynamic TOI-201 System
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aef2618

GEMS JWST: HATS-75 b — A giant planet with a sub-solar metallicity atmosphere orbiting an M-dwarf
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.07268

Carbon Cycle Imbalances on Arid Terrestrial Planets with Implications for Venus
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/PSJ/ae4faa

SPHEREx Widefield Infrared Spectral Mapping of Interstellar Ices and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ae5180

A post-perihelion constraint on the CO/HO ratio of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS from [O I] forbidden lines
https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.25002

Combining spectroscopy and wavefront control at deep contrast with photonic lanterns
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.14276

A Fast and Physically Grounded Ocean Model for GCMs: The Dynamical Slab Ocean Model of the Generic-PCM (rev. 3423)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.14342

Simulating the interplay between the snowline pebble flux and ongoing planet formation and migration
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.14358

Numerical investigation of particle acceleration at interplanetary shocks: diffusive and superdiffusive scenarios
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.14819

The multi-planet system TOI-5624: four transiting sub-Neptunes with an outer companion revealed by transit-timing variations
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.15035

Continuing to Advance European High Contrast Imaging Research and Development towards HWO and LIFE
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.15077

Cloudy with a chance of metals: Indications of CO₂ in the atmosphere of GJ 1214 b from high-resolution K-band spectroscopy
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.15292

A Validated Low-to-Intermediate Mass Planetary Interior Structure Model and New Mass-Radius Relations
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.15304

Planet formation constraints from exoplanet population synthesis and simulation based inference
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/astronomy-and-space-sciences/articles/10.3389/fspas.2026.1736938/full

Long-period transiting exoplanets: advances in detection and characterization
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.09254

A Planetary Illusion’s Funeral: Nondetection of a Gaia DR3 Exoplanet Candidate, and the Role of Intermediate-precision Radial Velocities in Gaia Exoplanet Follow-up
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/ae4e2b

Exoplanet Orbital Distribution around FGK Sun-like Host Stars I: planet occurrence rate derived from the Kepler Mission and theoretical interpretations from planet formation
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.08406

Machine Learning Identification of Exoplanet Transit Signals in Kepler Light Curve Data
https://pwvas.org/index.php/pwvas/article/view/1340

Unexplored Exoplanets in the Orion Constellation: A Proposal for Expanded European Research Interest
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/403606743_Unexplored_Exoplanets_in_the_Orion_Constellation_A_Proposal_for_Expanded_European_Research_Interest?_tp=eyJjb250ZXh0Ijp7ImZpcnN0UGFnZSI6ImxvZ2luIiwicGFnZSI6InNlYXJjaCIsInBvc2l0aW9uIjoicGFnZUhlYWRlciJ9fQ

UMI: GPU-Accelerated Asymmetric Robust Estimator for Photometric Detrending in Exoplanet Transit Searches
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.06602

Discovering Earth 2.0: A Data-Driven Exploration of NASA’s Exoplanet Archive
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11468201

Quantum limits of exoplanet detection and localization
https://journals.aps.org/pra/abstract/10.1103/g6kr-mqdj

The Physics of Continuous Creation, Interstellar Star Drives and the Heisenberg Strut
https://zenodo.org/records/19557553

SOLAR SAIL WITH ELECTROCHROMIC MODULATION OF OPTICAL PROPERTIES FOR ULTRA LONG DURATION FLIGHT IN THE INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/403659964_SOLAR_SAIL_WITH_ELECTROCHROMIC_MODULATION_OF_OPTICAL_PROPERTIES_FOR_ULTRA_LONG_DURATION_FLIGHT_IN_THE_INTERSTELLAR_MEDIUM

Oumuamua as a Potential Interstellar Probe from the Rigel System The Starchun
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/403628050_Oumuamua_as_a_Potential_Interstellar_Probe_from_the_Rigel_System_The_Starchun

In Consideration of Artificial Nanoprobes Jet Ejection from the Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS
https://bis-space.com/shop/product/jbis-079-04-0122/

A gem system with a lava world and a habitable zone sub-Neptune orbiting TOI–1752
https://academic.oup.com/mnras/advance-article/doi/10.1093/mnras/stag713/8654593

Machine Learning for Discovering Life Beyond Earth – autonomous strategies for new and unknown horizons
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/astronomy-and-space-sciences/articles/10.3389/fspas.2026.1804102/abstract

The Lipidome of a Mars Analog Poly-Extreme Community in Atacama Halite Endolith: Chemotaxonomy, Lipid Adaptation, and Implications for the Search for Extraplanetary Biosignatures
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/15311074261441383

Detection of periodic transit timing variations in the warm sub-Saturn planet HD 332231 b
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2026/04/aa57788-25/aa57788-25.html

Laplace–Legendre expansion of the planar planetary Hamiltonian
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10569-026-10289-z

Marchal’s family of periodic orbits I: Stability of inclined co-orbital planetary systems
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10569-026-10292-4

Evaluating the impact of mission architecture on crew dynamics in space exploration
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41526-026-00574-4

Detection of Exoplanets from TESS Imaging Data Using Unsupervised Machine Learning Techniques
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/astronomy-and-space-sciences/articles/10.3389/fspas.2026.1800321/abstract

Deep Limits on Planets Exterior to HR 8799’s Known Planetary System with the James Webb Space Telescope
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/ae43e8

Planetary Architectures of Kepler Compact Multiplanet Systems with Binary-star Companions
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/ae5622

The Cohesive Object Sequence: The Mass–Density Distribution of Astronomical Objects from Asteroids to Stars
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1538-3873/ae58d1

A White-light Flare on the L1 Dwarf WISEP J190648.47+401106.8
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2515-5172/ae5f75

Ammonia as a parameter shaping habitability on icy moons
https://academic.oup.com/femsmicrobes/advance-article/doi/10.1093/femsmc/xtag015/8541858

Influence of CO versus CH₄ on organic haze formation in atmospheres of diverse terrestrial exoplanets
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.03575

The Identification of CS2 and Evidence for Carbon-Sulfur Chemical Coupling in a Warm Giant Exoplanet Atmosphere
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.13168

Measurements and predictions of H2 pressure-broadening coefficients of CO2 absorption lines for exoplanet atmosphere studies
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2026/04/aa59106-26/aa59106-26.html

Photochemistry and haze in chemically reducing terrestrial atmospheres
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667325826002281

History-augmented contrastive learning with soft mixture of experts for blind super-resolution of planetary remote sensing images
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S092523122601012X

Water D/H in 3I/ATLAS as a Probe of Formation Conditions in Another Planetary System
https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.07026

C5H6 formation in Dense Molecular Clouds
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2026/04/aa58985-26/aa58985-26.html

Cosmic Illuminating Gift: A One-Way Information Box for Extraterrestrial Intelligences
https://www.mdpi.com/2218-1997/12/4/115

Analysing the sample preparation process in meteorites and its impact on the pretreatment of returned samples to Earth
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0883292726000296?via%3Dihub

Projections of Earth’s Technosphere: Civilization Collapse-Recovery Dynamics and Detectability
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.13774

Innovations in Health-Oriented Space Travel Food: Addressing Nutritional Challenges for Long-Term Missions
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jtr.70318

Cultivation and Synthesis of Food for Humans Beyond Earth: A Future View
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2214552426000581

Advances and challenges in energy storage technologies: A comprehensive review of technical maturity, applications, and future directions
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2352152X26016300

Thermal Adaptability and Low-Power Survival-Operation Strategies for Lithium Batteries in Deep Space Cryogenic Environments: Review and Critical Outlook
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2405829726002424

Liquid metals for the booming of space exploration
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S3051383926000095

Viruses in Extreme Marine Environments and Their Potential Existence in Extraterrestrial Environments
https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/18/4/457

Spaceflight and the rodent skeleton: A perspective
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352187226000215

Origin and characterization of super-Earths and sub-Neptunes
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.11779

Climates and Habitability of the Eccentric Super-Earth HD 20794 d: A Multi-parametric Investigation
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ae56f7

An Atmosphere on the Ultra-Short Period super-Earth HD 3167 b
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.11911

Sub-Neptunes as Soot Factories: Deep Atmosphere Hydrocarbon Formation and Quenching as the Origin of Sub-Neptune Aerosol Trends
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.11919

Observational and Dynamical Constraints on an Unseen Outer Perturber in the GJ 436 Hot Neptune System
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.09834

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, Roman Sees Where You Are: Predicting Exoplanet Transit Yields in the Rosette Nebula with the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/ae547d

Variability classification of TESS targets in LOPS2, the first long-term pointing field of PLATO. Version 1 of the public variability catalogue
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.12758

The RoPES project with HARPS and HARPS-N III. Two candidate planets orbiting the G-type star HD 161098
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.11516

The GAPS Programme at TNG. LXXIII. Confirmation of the hot sub-Neptune TOI-4602 b (HD 25295 b), a key target for future atmospheric characterization
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.11728

The molecular chemistry of nanoscale organic matter in asteroid Ryugu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.16798

LIFE — an energy efficient advanced continual learning agentic AI framework for frontier systems
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.12874

The Dyson Minds 2025 Workshop: SETI Around Black Holes
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1538-3873/ae5a02

Broadband Searches for Extraterrestrial Technological Intelligence: A New Strategy to Find Nearby Alien Civilizations
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ae4c38

Can AI Detect Life? Lessons from Artificial Life
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.11915

Analytical Scaling of Relativistic Drag in the Interstellar Medium
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.00041

Large Dust Grains and a Possible Dust Trap in the Polar Circumbinary Disc of HD 98800B
https://academic.oup.com/mnras/advance-article/doi/10.1093/mnras/stag641/8651298

Desorption dynamics of interstellar molecule on amorphous solid water investigated by machine learning potential-based PaCS-MD simulation
https://pubs.aip.org/aip/jcp/article-abstract/164/14/144310/3386875/Desorption-dynamics-of-interstellar-molecule-on

Extreme Arabian environments and their microbiomes: new frontiers for astrobiology and biosignature discovery
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00792-026-01426-5

Direct Images of CO₂ Absorption in the Atmosphere of a Super-Jupiter: Enhanced Metallicity Suggestive of Formation in a Disk
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.09785

Observational and Dynamical Constraints on an Unseen Outer Perturber in the GJ 436 Hot Neptune
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.09834

Secular Light Curve of Exocomet 3I/ATLAS, and its Location on a Comet Evolutionary Diagram
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.09941

Compact CO emission and no evidence of radial drift. ALMA observations of the faintest planet-forming disks in Lupus
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.11292

From Dust to Planets — A Chemical Perspective
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.11405

Investigation of gravitational stability of protoplanetary disks based on statistical analysis of their masses
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.11642

The GAPS Programme at TNG. LXXIII. Confirmation of the hot sub-Neptune TOI-4602 b (HD 25295 b), a key target for future atmospheric characterization
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.11728

Origin and characterization of super-Earths and sub-Neptunes
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.11779

UMI: GPU-Accelerated Asymmetric Robust Estimator for Photometric Detrending in Exoplanet Transit Searches
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.06602

Warps survive beyond fly-by encounters in protoplanetary disks: RW Aur A as a case study
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2026/04/aa57365-25/aa57365-25.html

Detectability of continuous gravitational waves from planetary-mass companions orbiting compact stars
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2026/04/aa57134-25/aa57134-25.html

PLATOSpec first results: Three new transiting warm Jupiters from the WINE survey, TIC 147027702, TIC 245076932, and TIC 87422071
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2026/04/aa58698-25/aa58698-25.html

Long-period magnetic activity in the K dwarf GJ1137 and a new super-Earth on a 9-day orbit: A cautionary tale for Jovian-analogue detection from Doppler surveys
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2026/04/aa57806-25/aa57806-25.html

Dust distribution in circumstellar disks harboring multi-planet systems: II. Super-thermal-mass planets
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2026/04/aa58980-26/aa58980-26.html

The Permeable Particle Model to Describe the Collisional Evolution of Dust Clusters in Protoplanetary Gas–Dust Disks
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1134/S1063773725700653

New way to date globular clusters: Brown dwarf cooling sequences
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10509-026-04563-7

A study on the stability of ritonavir form III processed in orbit and returned to Earth
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41526-026-00594-0

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, Roman Sees Where You Are: Predicting Exoplanet Transit Yields in the Rosette Nebula with the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/ae547d

The Dyson Minds 2025 Workshop: SETI Around Black Holes
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1538-3873/ae5a02