Interstellar Updates

Inward migration of the TRAPPIST-1 planets as inferred from their water-rich compositions
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-018-0411-6

Relativistic Spacecraft Propelled by Directed Energy
http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/aaafd2

A Population Study of Gaseous Exoplanets
https://arxiv.org/abs/1704.05413

Robo-AO Kepler Survey. IV. The Effect of Nearby Stars on 3857 Planetary Candidate Systems
http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/aab042

Line shape parameters for the H2O–H2 collision system for application to exoplanet and planetary atmospheres
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0019103517305596

Characterizing Earth Analogs in Reflected Light: Atmospheric Retrieval Studies for Future Space Telescopes
https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.06403

Magnetic Fields of Extrasolar Planets: Planetary Interiors and Habitability
https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.06487

Dynamical Evolution of Planetary Systems
https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.06704

A Decade of MWC 758 Disk Images: Where Are the Spiral-Arm-Driving Planets?
https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.06776

Prehistory of Transit Searches
https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.06896

The Feasibility and Benefits of In Situ Exploration of `Oumuamua-like objects
https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.07022

Habitability from Tidally-Induced Tectonics
https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.07040

The Telltale Heartbeat: Detection and Characterization of Eccentric Orbiting Planets via Tides on their Host Star
https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.05917

Earth: Atmospheric Evolution of a Habitable Planet
https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.05967

Orbital migration and Resonance Offset of the Kepler-25 and K2-24 systems
https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.05971

The crucial role of ground-based, Doppler measurements for the future of exoplanet science
https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.06057

Pre-discovery transits of the exoplanets WASP-18 b and WASP-33 b from Hipparcos
https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.06187

Characterization of Exoplanets: Secondary Eclipses
https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.06204

Using Ground-Based Telescopes to Mature Key Technologies and Advance Science for Future NASA Exoplanet Direct Imaging Missions
https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.05453

Detection of Exoplanets Using the Transit Method
https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.05565

The GAPS Programme with HARPS-N at TNG XVI: Measurement of the Rossiter-McLaughlin effect of the transiting planetary systems HAT-P-3, HAT-P-12, HAT-P-22, WASP-39 and WASP-60
https://arxiv.org/abs/1802.03859

The Transiting Exoplanet Community Early Release Science Program for JWST
https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.04985

Stellar obliquities and magnetic activities of Planet-Hosting Stars and Eclipsing Binaries based on Transit Chord Correlation
https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.05000

Three small planets transiting the bright young field star EPIC 249622103
https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.05056

Surface and Temporal Biosignatures
https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.05065

Energy Dissipation in the Upper Atmospheres of Trappist-1 Planets
https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.05089

A Likely Detection of a Two-Planet System in a Low Magnification Microlensing Event
https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.05238

Resonance Capture and Dynamics of 3-Planet Systems
https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.05305

The ngVLA’s Role in Exoplanet Science: Constraining Exo-Space Weather
https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.05345

Model-independent exoplanet transit spectroscopy
https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.05327

Superflare UV flashes impact on Kepler-96 system: a glimpse of habitability when the ozone layer first formed on Earth
https://arxiv.org/abs/1708.05400

Possible Photometric Signatures of Moderately Advanced Civilizations: The Clarke Exobelt
http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/aaae66

Spitzer Opens New Path to Break Classic Degeneracy for Jupiter-Mass Microlensing Planet OGLE-2017-BLG-1140Lb
https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.04437

Key Technology Challenges for the Study of Exoplanets and the Search for Habitable Worlds
https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.04457

Kepler Data Validation I — Architecture, Diagnostic Tests, and Data Products for Vetting Transiting Planet Candidates
https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.04526

Possible Bright Starspots on TRAPPIST-1
https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.04543

The value of astrometry for exoplanet science
https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.04642

Project Blue: Visible Light Imaging Search for Terrestrial-class Exoplanets in the Habitable Zones of Alpha Centauri A and B
https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.04872

Implications of Neutron Star Mergers for Extraterrestrial Civilizations
https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.04919

A system of three transiting super-Earths in a cool dwarf star
https://arxiv.org/abs/1801.06249