Interstellar Updates

 

These are items of interest to the interstellar exploration community that we’ve found in our quest for information that will help us advance toward our goals.  If you know of anything we’ve overlooked, or any sources of such information we should monitor, or if you would like to be added to our IRG-updates mailing list and receive these updates in you email every weekday, please send that information to info@irg.space.

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October 27, 2025 Updates

Untying Time: The H-Second and H-Meter as Universal Standards for Interstellar Applications
https://johnwelshconsulting.com/h-second-paper.pdf

Energy needed to propel a tiny spacecraft to Proxima Centauri
https://pubs.aip.org/aapt/ajp/article/93/11/874/3368439

Radiation Hydrodynamics of Self-gravitating Protoplanetary Disks: I. Direct Formation of Gas Giants via Disk Fragmentation
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.19915

The Extraterrestrial Contact Window
https://www.academia.edu/129000327/The_Extraterrestrial_Contact_Window

Space Travel to the Edge of the Universe in Just 44 Years
http://ahadi.de/space_travel.pdf

Experimental demonstration and quantitative analysis of X-ray-driven propulsion in graphene sponge
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0969806X25008953

Insights of Charged Traversable Wormholes within the context of Matter-Geometry Coupled Gravity
https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/abs/10.1142/S0219887826500611

The Framework Of The Grand Unified Theory of Existence
https://www.academia.edu/144159347/The_Framework_Of_The_Grand_Unified_Theory_of_Existence

The Temporal Observability Filter Hypothesis (TOFH): A Physically-Constrained, Bayesian Framework for the Observational Invisibility of Technological Civilizations
https://www.academia.edu/143709470/The_Temporal_Observability_Filter_Hypothesis_TOFH_A_Physically_Constrained_Bayesian_Framework_for_the_Observational_Invisibility_of_Technological_Civilizations

Magnetic clumping of charged dust in the dense interstellar medium
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.20899

Irradiated Atmospheres IV: Effect of Mixing Heat Flux on Chemistry
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.21543

Mechanisms of Superrotation in Slowly-Rotating and Tidally-Locked Planets
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.21680

An Hα Transit of HD 189733b to Assess Stellar Activity Across the Transit Chord Close to JWST Observations
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.21703

Two warm Earth-sized exoplanets and an Earth-sized candidate in the M5V-M6V binary system TOI-2267
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2025/10/aa54419-25/aa54419-25.html

Wind Power as a Technosignature on M-dwarf Planets
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2515-5172/ae13a7

A Link between Rocky Planet Density and Host Star Chemistry
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/ae0e17

Modelling the effect of stellar metallicity on the XUV evolution of low-mass stars and its impact on exoplanet atmospheres/habitability
https://academic.oup.com/mnras/advance-article/doi/10.1093/mnras/staf1753/8301214?searchresult=1

October 24, 2025 updates

Artificial Intelligence-Enhanced Detection of Biogenicity Using Laboratory Specimens of Biologically and Microbially Induced Sedimentary Structures in a Controlled Experiment
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40445727

Variation of the disk thickness across ice bands: A method to determine ice abundances in highly inclined protoplanetary disks
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.11359

Microstructure Controls Sublimation Timescales of Exposed Salt-Rich Ices on Icy Worlds
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2025JE009236

Insights into Planet Formation from the Ages, Masses, and Elemental Abundances of Host Stars
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.10092

Is cosmic dust porous?
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00159-025-00164-5

The solitude zone: A probabilistic window for singular lifeform existence
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0094576525006599

Discovery of a Nearby Habitable Zone Super-Earth Candidate Amenable to Direct Imaging
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/ae0e20

TOI-7166 b: A Habitable Zone mini-Neptune planet around a nearby low-mass star
https://academic.oup.com/mnras/advance-article/doi/10.1093/mnras/staf1807/8294188

TOI-1743 b, TOI-5799 b, TOI-5799 c, and TOI-6223 b: TESS discovery and validation of four super-Earth to Neptune-sized planets
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2025/10/aa56293-25/aa56293-25.html

Probing the extent of WASP-52 b’s atmosphere – High-resolution observations and 3D modeling insights
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2025/10/aa55613-25/aa55613-25.html

In Search of Decay: An Analysis of Transit Times of Hot Jupiters in Main-sequence and Post-main-sequence Systems
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/adfd60

Possible Formation of Traversable Wormholes and Their Thermodynamic Analysis in F (Q, Lₘ, T) Gravity
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2212686425003358

Experimental Demonstration and Quantitative Analysis of X-Ray-Driven Propulsion in Graphene Sponge
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0969806X25008953

A Comprehensive Review of Additive Manufacturing for Space Applications: Materials, Advances, Challenges, and Future Directions
https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adem.202501082

Addressing wavelength-correlated systematics in exoplanet transmission spectroscopy: a 2D Gaussian Process approach
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/396848566_Addressing_wavelength-correlated_systematics_in_exoplanet_transmission_spectroscopy_a_2D_Gaussian_Process_approach

Interstellar visitors: Smoking and nonsmoking
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aec2085

Radiation Hydrodynamics of Self-gravitating Protoplanetary Disks: I. Direct Formation of Gas Giants via Disk Fragmentation
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.19915

Unexpected Near-Resonant and Metastable States of Young Multi-Planet Systems
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.20185

Simulations of multiple dust ring formation in a subsolar-metallicity protoplanetary disk
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.18449

Early Planet Formation in Embedded Disks (eDisk). XX. Constraining the Chemical Tracers of Young Protostellar Sources
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.19158

October 23, 2025 updates

The Convexity Principle: Life as the Invariant Variable
https://zenodo.org/records/17392407

Characterizing Earth-like Exoplanets: Insights from Earthshine Observations
https://zenodo.org/records/17108736

Tracing Planetary Accretion in a 3 Gyr old Hydrogen-rich White Dwarf: The Extremely Polluted Atmosphere of LSPM J0207+3331
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ae0ace

Revised Orbital, Physical, Stability, and Habitability Parameters of the Binary System HD 25811 Using Gaia Observations
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1674-4527/ae0b1b

How to Successfully Colonize Space: Lessons from Island Archaeology
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0094576525007349

The Interstellar Tunnel After the Solar System Leading to the Constellation of Orion
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/396772354_The_Interstellar_Tunnel_After_the_Solar_System_Leading_to_the_Constellation_of_Orion

Very High Precision Astrometry for Exoplanets and Dark Matter with the Habitable Worlds Observatory
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.18920

Intruder Alert: Breaking Resonant Chains with Planetesimal Flybys
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.18955

Eccentric discs as a gateway to giant planets outward migration
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.18970

A Compact Multi-Planet System of Three Transiting Giant Planets Around TIC118798035
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.19162

Exoplanetary radio emission predictions and detectability in the SKA era
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.19776

October 22, 2025 updates

Time Markers for SETI in Binary Systems: History and Prospects
https://www.mdpi.com/2674-0346/4/4/19

Exploring synergies between Twinkle and Ariel: a pilot study
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10686-025-10032-w

Is cosmic dust porous?
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00159-025-00164-5

TOI-7166 b: A Habitable Zone mini-Neptune planet around a nearby low-mass star
https://academic.oup.com/mnras/advance-article/doi/10.1093/mnras/staf1807/8294188

Passivity-based robust shape control of a cable-driven solar sail boom for the CABLESSail concept
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0094576525007143

Spectral features of photoionization of ground and excited levels of P I
https://www.sciencedirect.com/org/science/article/abs/pii/S0008420425000431

A complete list of He-pressure-broadening coefficient of CO2 lines from 100 K to 3000 K for planet and exoplanet opacity calculations
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0019103525004099

Exploring Giant Planet Atmospheres with Habitable Worlds Observatory
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.17926

Sub-Snowline Formation of Gas-Giant Planets in Binary Systems
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.17955

The Atmospheric Composition of Sub-Neptune K2-18 b and Implications for its Formation
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.18098

A Physical Model for the Ice Coma of 3I/ATLAS
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.18157

Locked In Ice: how Pebble Drift and Volatile Entrapment can Significantly Impact Carbon and Oxygen Ratios in Evolving Protoplanetary Discs
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.18587

Pre-perihelion Development of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.18769

Ever Elusive Exospheres: One Probable Detection and Two Non-Detections of Hα Transits in Young Systems
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.18820

October 21, 2025 updates

Field Theory Toolkit for Cometary Thermochemistry: Exploration through 3I/ATLAS and 2I/Borisov
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/396422797_Field_Theory_Toolkit_for_Cometary_Thermochemistry_Exploration_through_3IATLAS_and_2IBorisov

Exploring Star-Planet-Disk Connections Conference
https://exohost2025.ut.ee/

Marine phosphorus and atmospheric oxygen were coupled during the Great Oxidation Event
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-64194-4

Searching for substellar companion candidates with Gaia – I. Introducing the GaiaPMEX tool
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2025/10/aa49335-24/aa49335-24.html

Seismic Oscillations Excited by Giant Impacts in Directly Imaged Giant Planets
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ae04ec

Prospects for the Crossing of Comet 3I/ATLAS’s Ion Tail
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2515-5172/ae12e6

Order-by-order Modeling of Exoplanet Radial Velocity Data
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.16139

Estimating Orbital Parameters of Direct Imaging Exoplanet Using Neural Network
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.17459

Predictions of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Galactic Exoplanet Survey. IV. Lens Mass and Distance Measurements
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.13974

Stellar characterization, Magnesium Abundances and Chromospheric Activity Analysis of Stars with Confirmed Exoplanets from the K2 mission
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.17574

Formation of super-Earths around low-mass stars: evolution of an icy dead zone
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.17767

A High-Resolution Spectroscopic Survey of Directly Imaged Companion Hosts: II. Diversity in C/O Ratios among Host Stars
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.17774

Aiming for Proxima Centauri b: Gravitational effects on relativistic spacecraft trajectories
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.15827

Searching for Exotrojans in Pulsar Binary Systems
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.16164

Readout of Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detector (MKID) Arrays for Habitable Worlds Observatory Using a Polyphase Filterbank Algorithm
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.16600