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Biosignatures Search in Habitable Planets
https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4434/7/4/82
The Search for Planets Around Other Stars: An Introductory Resource Guide for College Instructors
https://www.academia.edu/24164361/The_Search_for_Planets_Around_Other_Stars_An_Introductory_Resource_Guide_for_College_Instructors
Detection of He I 10830 Å~ absorption during the transit of a warm Neptune around the M-dwarf GJ 3470 with the Habitable-zone Planet Finder
https://arxiv.org/abs/1910.02070
Characterization of a Rotational Thrust Balance for Propellantless Propulsion Concepts Utilizing Magnetic Levitation with Superconductors
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/335995569_Characterization_of_a_Rotational_Thrust_Balance_for_Propellantless_Propulsion_Concepts_Utilizing_Magnetic_Levitation_with_Superconductors
The influence of inclinations on the dynamical stability of multi-planet systems
https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/490/1/359/5580891/
The Escape of the Hydrogen-rich Atmosphere of Exoplanets: Mass-loss Rates and the Absorption of Stellar Lyα
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ab29f3
A Host-star Calibration Based Polarimeter for Earth-like Exoplanet Imaging
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1538-3873/ab33ca
Choosing a Maximum Drift Rate in a SETI Search: Astrophysical Considerations
https://arxiv.org/abs/1910.01148
Evidence for H2 Dissociation and Recombination Heat Transport in the Atmosphere of KELT-9b
https://arxiv.org/abs/1910.01567
Exploring the atmospheric dynamics of the extreme ultra-hot Jupiter KELT-9b using TESS photometry
https://arxiv.org/abs/1910.01607
The Atmospheric Circulation of Ultra-hot Jupiters
https://arxiv.org/abs/1910.01622
Helios-r.2 — A new Bayesian, open-source retrieval model for brown dwarfs and exoplanet atmospheres
https://arxiv.org/abs/1910.01070
Life on Miller’s Planet: The Habitable Zone Around Supermassive Black Holes
https://arxiv.org/abs/1910.00940
The Precision of Mass Measurements Required for Robust Atmospheric Characterization of Transiting Exoplanets
https://arxiv.org/abs/1910.00076
Rapid escape of ultra-hot exoplanet atmospheres driven by Hydrogen Balmer absorption
https://arxiv.org/abs/1910.00267
Toward the Analysis of JWST Exoplanet Spectra: the effective temperature in the context of direct imaging
https://arxiv.org/abs/1910.00329
Multi-season optical modulation phased with the orbit of the super-Earth 55 Cnc e
https://arxiv.org/abs/1910.00383
Active minimization of non-common path aberrations in long-exposure imaging of exoplanetary systems
https://arxiv.org/abs/1910.00573
The polarimetric imaging mode of VLT/SPHERE/IRDIS I: Description, data reduction and observing strategy
https://arxiv.org/abs/1909.13107
The polarimetric imaging mode of VLT/SPHERE/IRDIS II: Characterization and correction of instrumental polarization effects
https://arxiv.org/abs/1909.13108
Exoplanet characterisation in the longest known resonant chain: the K2-138 system seen by HARPS
https://arxiv.org/abs/1909.13527
An examination of the effect of the TESS extended mission on southern hemisphere monotransits
https://arxiv.org/abs/1909.13546
