Activity and telluric contamination in HARPS observations of Alpha Centauri B
https://arxiv.org/abs/1902.10711
The 2L1S/1L2S Degeneracy for Two Microlensing Planet Candidates Discovered by the KMTNet Survey in 2017
https://arxiv.org/abs/1902.10945
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February 28, 2019 updates
University research center will search for extraterrestrial intelligence
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/02/university-research-center-will-search-extraterrestrial-intelligence
The Penn State Extraterrestrial Intelligence Center
http://pseti.psu.edu/
A Search for Technosignatures from TRAPPIST-1, LHS 1140, and 10 Planetary Systems in the Kepler Field with the Green Bank Telescope at 1.15–1.73 GHz
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/ab0105
Detectable molecular features above hydrocarbon haze via transmission spectroscopy with JWST: Case studies of GJ 1214b, GJ 436b, HD 97658b, and Kepler-51b
https://arxiv.org/abs/1902.10151
A Near-coplanar Stellar Flyby of the Planet Host Star HD 106906
https://arxiv.org/abs/1902.10220
February 27, 2019 updates
Can Planets Exist in the Habitable Zone of 55~Cancri?
https://arxiv.org/abs/1902.09613
A warm Jupiter-sized planet transiting the pre-main sequence star V1298 Tau
https://arxiv.org/abs/1902.09670
TOI-150: A transiting hot Jupiter in the TESS southern CVZ
https://arxiv.org/abs/1902.09710
Kepler-411: a four-planet system with an active host star
https://arxiv.org/abs/1902.09719
Fly-by encounters between two planetary systems I: solar system analogues
https://arxiv.org/abs/1902.09804
Searching for Extraterrestrial Civilizations Using gamma Ray Telescopes
https://arxiv.org/abs/1902.09985
February 26, 2019 updates
Constraining the Thermal Properties of Planetary Surfaces using Machine Learning: Application to Airless Bodies
https://arxiv.org/abs/1902.08631
Formation of planetary systems by pebble accretion and migration: How the radial pebble flux determines a terrestrial-planet or super-Earth growth mode
https://arxiv.org/abs/1902.08694
Formation of planetary systems by pebble accretion and migration: Growth of gas giants
https://arxiv.org/abs/1902.08771
Formation of planetary systems by pebble accretion and migration: Hot super-Earth systems from breaking compact resonant chains
https://arxiv.org/abs/1902.08772
Mean Motion Resonances With Nearby Moons: An Unlikely Origin For The Gaps Observed In The Ring Around The Exoplanet J1407b
https://arxiv.org/abs/1902.09285
Planet seeding through gas-assisted capture of interstellar objects
https://arxiv.org/abs/1804.09716
February 25, 2019 updates
Transit modelling of selected Kepler systems
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10509-019-3525-0
Exoplanet Terra Incognita
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-62849-3_20
Exoplanetary Biosignatures for Astrobiology
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-96175-0_11
Space Test Program-Houston 6-X-Ray Communication (STP-H6-XCOM) – 01.16.19
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/3002.html
Shallow-water Magnetohydrodynamics for Westward Hotspots on Hot Jupiters
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ab05dd
No Detection of Cold Dust around the Potential Exocomet Host phgr Leo
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2515-5172/ab082b
Directed Energy Interception of Satellites
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0273117719301176
Rapid Classification of TESS Planet Candidates with Convolutional Neural Networks
https://arxiv.org/abs/1902.08544
Asteroseismology of the Hyades red giant and planet host epsilon Tauri
https://arxiv.org/abs/1901.06187