Interstellar Updates

Chemo-kinematic ages of eccentric-planet-hosting M dwarf stars
https://arxiv.org/abs/1807.06017

Search for Extra-Galactic Intelligence Signal Synchronized with a Binary Neutron Star Merger
https://arxiv.org/abs/1807.06024

Metallicity-Dependent Signatures in the Kepler Planets
https://arxiv.org/abs/1807.06033

Exoplanet science with a space-based mid-infrared nulling interferometer
https://arxiv.org/abs/1807.06088

What Does “Metallicity” Mean When Interpreting Spectra of Exoplanetary Atmospheres?
https://arxiv.org/abs/1807.06102

Atmospheric Circulation and Thermal Phase-Curve Offset of Tidally and Non-Tidally Locked Terrestrial Exoplanets
https://arxiv.org/abs/1807.06123

Discovery of three new transiting hot Jupiters: WASP-161 b, WASP-163 b and WASP-170 b
https://arxiv.org/abs/1807.06548

MOPSS I: Flat Optical Spectra for the Hot Jupiters WASP-4 b and WASP-52b
https://arxiv.org/abs/1807.06561

RIT researcher develops new solar sailing technology for NASA
http://www.rit.edu/news/story.php?id=67269&source=enewsletter

The TOLIMAN space telescope
https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313269

Niche amplitude, tidal-locking and Fermi’s Paradox
https://doi.org/10.1017/S1473550418000253

On the possibility of the Dyson spheres observable beyond the infrared spectrum
https://doi.org/10.1017/S1473550418000174

The Hawaii Infrared Parallax Program. III. 2MASS J0249-0557 c: A Wide Planetary-mass Companion to a Low-mass Binary in the beta Pic Moving Group
https://arxiv.org/abs/1807.05235

Kepler Object of Interest Network – I. First results combining ground- and space-based observations of Kepler systems with transit timing variations
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/abs/2018/07/aa32483-17/aa32483-17.html

Photosynthesis on a planet orbiting an M dwarf: enhanced effectiveness during flares
https://arxiv.org/abs/1807.05267

LASSO: Large Adaptive optics Survey for Substellar Objects using the new SAPHIRA detector on Robo-AO
https://arxiv.org/abs/1807.05291

The Origin of Heavy Element Content Trend in Giant Planets via Core Accretion
https://arxiv.org/abs/1807.05305

WFIRST Coronagraph Technology Requirements: Status Update and Systems Engineering Approach
https://arxiv.org/abs/1807.05422

EPIC 220501947 b and K2-237 b: two transiting hot Jupiters
https://arxiv.org/abs/1807.05865

The orbital architecture and debris disks of the HR 8799 planetary system
https://arxiv.org/abs/1807.05898

Scientific Discovery with the James Webb Space Telescope
https://arxiv.org/abs/1805.06941

Space Nuclear Power Systems – Direct Fusion Drive
https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/pdf/10.2514/6.2018-4974

Implications of Tides for Life on Exoplanets
https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/ast.2017.1718

The Inner Solar System’s Habitability Through Time
https://arxiv.org/abs/1807.04776

Gravitational Waves From Ultra Short Period Exoplanets
https://arxiv.org/abs/1807.04877

Robust Transiting Exoplanet Radii in the Presence of Starspots from Ingress and Egress Durations
https://arxiv.org/abs/1807.04886

Exoplanet Atmosphere Measurements from Direct Imaging
https://arxiv.org/abs/1807.05136

Tidal Decay of Circumbinary Planetary Systems
http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/aaccf9

The Best Planets to Harbor Detectable Exomoons
http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/aac9c0

The 55 Cnc system reassessed
https://arxiv.org/abs/1807.04301

MagAO-X: project status and first laboratory results
https://arxiv.org/abs/1807.04315

Effect of the exoplanet magnetic field topology on its magnetospheric radio emission
https://arxiv.org/abs/1807.04417

Diffuser-assisted Photometric Follow-up Observations of the Neptune-sized Planets K2-28b and K2-100b
https://arxiv.org/abs/1807.04420

Polarized Radiative Transfer in Planetary Atmospheres and the Polarization of Exoplanets
https://arxiv.org/abs/1807.04443

‘Where is everybody?’ An empirical appraisal of occurrence, prevalence and sustainability of technological species in the Universe
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/325780733_‘Where_is_everybody’_An_empirical_appraisal_of_occurrence_prevalence_and_sustainability_of_technological_species_in_the_Universe

Galactic Distribution of Chirality Sources of Organic Molecules
https://arxiv.org/abs/1612.06720

Self-Stirring of Debris Discs by Planetesimals Formed by Pebble Concentration
https://arxiv.org/abs/1806.05431