Interstellar Updates

 

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December 17, 2024 updates

Combined analysis of the 12.8 and 15 μm JWST/MIRI eclipse observations of TRAPPIST-1 b
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-024-02428-z

Under the magnifying glass: A combined 3D model applied to cloudy warm Saturn-type exoplanets around M dwarfs
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2024/12/aa50753-24/aa50753-24.html

The overflowing atmosphere of WASP-121 b – High-resolution He I λ10833 transmission spectroscopy with VLT/CRIRES+
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2024/12/aa51003-24/aa51003-24.html

Diversity of disc viscosities can explain the period ratios of resonant and non-resonant systems of hot super-Earths and mini-Neptunes
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2024/12/aa51017-24/aa51017-24.html

Hints of a close outer companion to the ultra-hot Jupiter TOI-2109 b
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2024/12/aa51068-24/aa51068-24.html

Three Years of High-contrast Imaging of the PDS 70 b and c Exoplanets at Hα with MagAO-X: Evidence of Strong Protoplanet Hα Variability and Circumplanetary Dust
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/ad8648

VLTI/GRAVITY Observations of AF Lep b: Preference for Circular Orbits, Cloudy Atmospheres, and a Moderately Enhanced Metallicity
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/ad9265

Molecular Electron Collisions in Exoplanet Atmospheres and the Interstellar Medium
https://www.aob.rs/en/publishing-en/doi/conferences-papers-and-proceedings/740-2024-01-10-69646-aob241208

Exoplanets and Their Characterization in the Environment of Galaxy Formation
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/387089393_Exoplanets_and_Their_Characterization_in_the_Environment_of_Galaxy_Formation

Planet formation theory: an overview
https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.11064

Jitter Across 15 Years: Leveraging Precise Photometry from Kepler and TESS to Extract Exoplanets from Radial Velocity Time Series
https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.11329

The effect of a biosphere on the habitable timespan of stagnant-lid planets and implications for the atmospheric spectrum
https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.11537

Convective shutdown in the atmospheres of lava worlds
https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.11987

The Fate of Oceans on First-Generation Planets Orbiting White Dwarfs
https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.12056

December 16, 2024 Updates

An Integrative Theory of Dark Energy, Dark Matter, and Consciousness Linking Quantum Mechanics and General Relativity
https://osf.io/preprints/osf/t56cb

OGLE-2015-BLG-1609Lb: Sub-jovian planet orbiting a low-mass stellar or brown dwarf host
https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.09676

The Multiband Imaging Survey for High-Alpha PlanetS (MISHAPS) I: Preliminary Constraints on the Occurrence Rate of Hot Jupiters in 47 Tucanae
https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.09705

AI in the Cosmos
https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.10093

From CO2- to H2O-dominated atmospheres and back — How mixed outgassing changes the volatile distribution in magma oceans around M dwarf stars
https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.10192

Protoplanetary discs around sun-like stars appear to live longer when the metallicity is low
https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.10361

Unveiling the realm of AI governance in outer space and its importance in national space policy
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0094576524006696

Convective Mixing in Gas Giant Planets with Primordial Composition Gradients
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ad8dd0

December 13, 2024 updates

First comparative exoplanetology within a transiting multi-planet system: Comparing the atmospheres of V1298 Tau b and c
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2024/12/aa51127-24/aa51127-24.html

Convective mixing in distant and close-in giant planets – Dependences on the initial composition, luminosity, bloating, and semi-convection
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2024/12/aa51897-24/aa51897-24.html

Confirmation of four hot Jupiters detected by TESS using follow-up spectroscopy from MaHPS at Wendelstein together with NEID and TRES
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2024/12/aa51404-24/aa51404-24.html

Search for exoplanetary ring systems with TESS
https://academic.oup.com/pasj/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/pasj/psae101/7922976

HD 119130 b Is Not an “Ultradense” Sub-Neptune
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/ad89c0

Predicting Exoplanets Habitability: Metrics and Models
https://www.intechopen.com/online-first/1204399

The Spin-Orbit Alignment of 8 Warm Gas Giant Systems
https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.08692

Two Earth-size Planets and an Earth-size Candidate Transiting the Nearby Star HD 101581
https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.08863

December 12, 2024 updates

An ecotheology for the dawn of interstellar exploration and expansion.
https://ruj.uj.edu.pl/entities/publication/ce739008-8fe4-40c6-8d42-3325627bfb9d

Large Interferometer For Exoplanets (LIFE) – XIV. Finding terrestrial protoplanets in the galactic neighborhood
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2024/12/aa50764-24/aa50764-24.html

Deep Learning–based Measurement of Planetary Radial Velocities in the Presence of Stellar Variability
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/ad8a65

Students as Citizen Scientists: Observations and Measurements of 43 Exoplanet Targets
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/386884729_Students_as_Citizen_Scientists_Observations_and_Measurements_of_43_Exoplanet_Targets

Applying Statistical Physics Methods to Predict the Prevalence and Arrangement of Exoplanets
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/386572411_Applying_Statistical_Physics_Methods_to_Predict_the_Prevalence_and_Arrangement_of_Exoplanets

An Obliquity Measurement of the Hot Neptune TOI-1694b
https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.07950

Demographics of M Dwarf Binary Exoplanet Hosts Discovered by TESS
https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.08465

Potential Interior Structures and Habitability of Super-Earth Exoplanets LHS 1140 b, K2-18 b, TOI-1452 b and TOI-1468 c
https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.08476

Characterization of seven transiting systems including four warm Jupiters from SOPHIE and TESS
https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.08527

CHEOPS observations confirm nodal precession in the WASP-33 system
https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.08557

December 11, 2024 updates

Conducting high frequency radio SETI searches using ALMA
https://academic.oup.com/mnras/advance-article/doi/10.1093/mnras/stae2714/7920797

Little iLocater: paving the way for iLocater
https://academic.oup.com/mnras/advance-article/doi/10.1093/mnras/stae2720/7920786

Traversable wormholes induced by stress energy conservation: combining Casimir energy with a scalar field
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1475-7516/2024/12/019

Tides on Lava Worlds: Application to Close-in Exoplanets and the Early Earth-Moon System
https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.07285

Planetary Dynamos in Evolving Cold Gas Giants
https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.07551

The CARMENES search for exoplanets around M dwarfs. The impact of rotation and magnetic fields on the radial velocity jitter in cool stars
https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.07691