Interstellar Updates

Extraterrestrial Preservation of Terrestrial Heritage
http://geopolicraticus.tumblr.com/post/181304807197/extraterrestrial-preservation-of-terrestrial

A transiting super-Earth close to the inner edge of the habitable zone of an M0 dwarf star
https://academic.oup.com/mnras/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/mnras/sty3467/5259110

Orbital Motion of the Wide Planetary-Mass Companion GSC 6214-210 b: No Evidence for Dynamical Scattering
https://arxiv.org/abs/1812.08860

Detection and characterization of an ultra-dense sub-Neptune planet orbiting the Sun-like star HD 119130
https://arxiv.org/abs/1812.09242

The discovery of WASP-134b, WASP-134c, WASP-137b, WASP-143b and WASP-146b: three hot Jupiters and a pair of warm Jupiters orbiting Solar-type stars
https://arxiv.org/abs/1812.09264

Experimental test of a 40 cm-long R=100 000 spectrometer for exoplanet characterisation
https://arxiv.org/abs/1812.09272

An Astrobiology Strategy for the Search for Life in the Universe
https://www.nap.edu/catalog/25252/an-astrobiology-strategy-for-the-search-for-life-in-the-universe

Bright Opportunities for Atmospheric Characterization of Small Planets: Masses and Radii of K2-3 b, c, d and GJ3470 b from Radial Velocity Measurements and Spitzer Transits
https://arxiv.org/abs/1812.08241

Kepler-730: A hot Jupiter system with a close-in, transiting, Earth-sized planet
https://arxiv.org/abs/1812.08358

Juliet: a versatile modelling tool for transiting and non-transiting exoplanetary systems
https://arxiv.org/abs/1812.08549

NASA and the Search for Technosignatures: A Report from the NASA Technosignatures Workshop
https://arxiv.org/abs/1812.08681

K2-264: A transiting multi-planet system in the Praesepe open cluster
https://academic.oup.com/mnras/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/mnras/sty3464/5255202

The Atmospheric Radiation Interaction Simulator (AtRIS) – Description and Validation
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2018JA026042

The early instability scenario: terrestrial planet formation during the giant planet instability, and the effect of collisional fragmentation
https://arxiv.org/abs/1812.07590

HATS-54b-HATS-58Ab: five new transiting hot Jupiters including one with a possible temperate companion
https://arxiv.org/abs/1812.07668

Circumstellar dust distribution in systems with two planets in resonance
https://arxiv.org/abs/1812.07698

Modeling star-planet interactions in far-out planetary and exoplanetary systems
https://arxiv.org/abs/1812.07767

SPHERE dynamical and spectroscopic characterization of HD142527B
https://arxiv.org/abs/1812.07814

Detection of Periodicity Based on Independence Tests – IV. Phase Distance Correlation Periodogram for Two-Dimensional Astrometry
https://arxiv.org/abs/1812.07928

The independent discovery of planet candidates around low mass stars and astrophysical false positives from the first two TESS sectors
https://arxiv.org/abs/1812.08145

Climate Sensitivity to Carbon Dioxide and the Moist Greenhouse Threshold of Earth-like Planets under an Increasing Solar Forcing
http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/aaea5f

A search for accreting young companions embedded in circumstellar disks: High-contrast Hα imaging with VLT/SPHERE
https://arxiv.org/abs/1812.06993

Systematic Serendipity: A Test of Unsupervised Machine Learning as a Method for Anomaly Detection
https://arxiv.org/abs/1812.07156

ACCESS: Ground-based Optical Transmission Spectroscopy of the Hot Jupiter WASP-4b
https://arxiv.org/abs/1812.07177

Spectral and orbital characterisation of the directly imaged giant planet HIP 65426 b
https://arxiv.org/abs/1812.07198

A new class of Super-Earths formed from high-temperature condensates: HD219134 b, 55 Cnc e, WASP-47 e
https://arxiv.org/abs/1812.07222

Masses and radii for the three super-Earths orbiting GJ 9827, and implications for the composition of small exoplanets
https://arxiv.org/abs/1812.07302

Time’s arrow and life’s origin
https://arxiv.org/abs/1801.01783

Biological Homochirality on the Earth, or in the Universe? A Selective Review
https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/10/12/749

Device providing non-inertial propulsion while conserving propellant mass and method therefor
https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/fb/2d/3a/21d91180dc54e8/US20180347550A1.pdf

Relative Likelihood of Success in the Search for Primitive versus Intelligent Extraterrestrial Life
https://liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/ast.2018.1936

MuSCAT2: 4-color Simultaneous Camera for the 1.52m Telescopio Carlos Sanchez
https://arxiv.org/abs/1807.01908

Gas Phase Chemistry of Cool Exoplanet Atmospheres: Insight from Laboratory Simulations
https://arxiv.org/abs/1812.06957

The early instability scenario: terrestrial planet formation during the giant planet instability, and the effect of collisional fragmentation
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0019103518306262

Synergy between asteroseismology and exoplanet science: an outlook
https://arxiv.org/abs/1812.06150

Predicting the Extreme Ultraviolet Radiation Environment of Exoplanets Around Low-Mass Stars: the TRAPPIST-1 System
https://arxiv.org/abs/1812.06159

The Transit Light Source Effect II: The Impact of Stellar Heterogeneity on Transmission Spectra of Planets Orbiting Broadly Sun-like Stars
https://arxiv.org/abs/1812.06184

Albedos, Equilibrium Temperatures, and Surface Temperatures of Habitable Planets
https://arxiv.org/abs/1812.06606

Stellar activity analysis of Barnard’s Star: Very slow rotation and evidence for long-term activity cycle
https://arxiv.org/abs/1812.06712