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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August 05, 2024 Updates

Gravitational Field Propulsion Techniques
https://indico.icranet.org/event/8/contributions/1555/

Microwave radiation of space and prospects for its use in quantum propulsors
https://journals.rcsi.science/0869-5873/article/view/260924

The Space Optimization Competition: Third Edition
https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3638530.3664048

The Caveman from Space Paradox
https://www.opastpublishers.com/peer-review/the-caveman-from-space-paradox-7861.html

3D Aeronomy of Two Mini-Neptunes in the HD 63433 System and Their in-Transit Absorption in Lyα and Metastable HeI Lines
https://academic.oup.com/mnras/advance-article/doi/10.1093/mnras/stae1794/7726723?searchresult=1

A comprehensive review of extraterrestrial construction, from space concrete materials to habitat structures
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0141029624012859

Titanium oxide absorption as a proxy to detect long term variation and activity cycle in Proxima Centauri
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10509-024-04345-z

August 02, 2024 updates

GASTLI – An open-source coupled interior–atmosphere model to unveil gas-giant composition
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2024/08/aa50559-24/aa50559-24.html

ExoplANETS-A: A virtual observatory database for host stars and planetary systems – The effect of XUV on planet atmospheres
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2024/08/aa49832-24/aa49832-24.html

Nondetections of Helium in the Young Sub-Jovian Planets K2-100b, HD 63433b, and V1298 Tau c
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/ad50d4

Lessons from Hubble and Spitzer: 1D Self-consistent Model Grids for 19 Hot Jupiter Emission Spectra
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ad5097

Repelling Planet Pairs by Ping-pong Scattering
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ad5a09

Using synthetic disk-integrated reflectance spectra to constrain direct imaging sensitivity requirements for a Mars-like exoplanet
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0032063324001089

Approximating Rayleigh Scattering in Exoplanetary Atmospheres using Physics-informed Neural Networks (PINNs)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.00084

Dynamical Viability Assessment for Habitable Worlds Observatory Targets
https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.00263

TESS discovery of two super-Earths orbiting the M-dwarf stars TOI-6002 and TOI-5713 near the radius valley
https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.00709

August 01, 2024 updates

Activity of the Spectral Class K2V Dwarf HD 189733 in a Hot-Jupiter Type Exoplanet
htthttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10511-024-09824-3ps://link.springer.com/journal/10511

TOI−757 b: an eccentric transiting mini−Neptune on a 17.5−d orbit
https://academic.oup.com/mnras/advance-article/doi/10.1093/mnras/stae1767/7725072

TESSILATOR: a one-stop shop for measuring TESS rotation periods
https://academic.oup.com/mnras/advance-article/doi/10.1093/mnras/stae1850/7725066

How black hole activity may influence exoplanetary evolution in our Galaxy
https://academic.oup.com/mnras/advance-article/doi/10.1093/mnras/stae1840/7723695

Clouds on partial atmospheres of lava planets and where to find them
https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.21111

An Earth-sized Planet on the Verge of Tidal Disruption
https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.21167

Obliquity Constraints for the Extremely Eccentric Sub-Saturn Kepler-1656 b
https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.21188

KPF Confirms a Polar Orbit for KELT-18 b
https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.21196

X-ray Emission of Nearby Low-mass and Sun-like Stars with Directly Imageable Habitable Zones
https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.21247

SPECtrophotometer for TRansmission spectroscopy of exoplanets (SPECTR)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.21268

A Testbed for Tidal Migration: the 3D Architecture of an Eccentric Hot Jupiter HD 118203 b Accompanied by a Possibly Aligned Outer Giant Planet
https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.21377

The frequency of transiting planetary systems around polluted white dwarfs
https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.21743

July 31, 2024 updates

Beyond the Rocket: A Review of Propellantless Propulsion Technologies and Concepts
https://www.wisdomgale.com/jerr/index.php?mno=204396

Mimicking lightning-induced electrochemistry on the early Earth
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2400819121

How black hole activity may influence exoplanetary evolution in our Galaxy
https://academic.oup.com/mnras/advance-article/doi/10.1093/mnras/stae1840/7723695

Why Observations at Mid-infrared Wavelengths Partially Mitigate M Dwarf Star Host Stellar Activity Contamination in Exoplanet Transmission Spectroscopy
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ad509a

Comparative Evaluation and Prediction of Exoplanets Using Machine Learning Methods
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781394230952.ch9

TOI-757 b: an eccentric transiting mini-Neptune on a 17.5-d orbit
https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.20525

Precise Transit Photometry Using TESS II: Revisiting 28 Additional Transiting Systems With Updated Physical Properties
https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.20846

Detailed abundances of the planet-hosting TOI-1173 A/B system: Possible evidence of planet engulfment in a very wide binary
https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.20949

Atmospheric characterization of the super-Jupiter HIP 99770 b with KPIC
https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.20952

The instability mechanism of compact multiplanet systems
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.17928

July 30, 2024 updates

Exoplanet Imaging Along a Time-Varying Focal Line Using Tethered Spacecraft
https://www.proquest.com/openview/8272beb1f04876f1dbdfe41d0a8d2d5f

On Radiative-Convective Climate Modeling for Cloudy Terrestrial Worlds
https://www.proquest.com/openview/a4266deba72bc51048be7e0611b8a883

Ideas for the Speed of Light-Viable Space Travel
https://peercite.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Quantum-Science-Special-Issue.pdf

Stability of lower dimensional counter-rotating thin-shell wormholes with scalar hair
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-62590-2

TOI-837 b: Characterisation, formation, and evolutionary history of an infant warm Saturn-mass planet
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2024/08/aa50679-24/aa50679-24.html

TOI-2015 b: A Warm Neptune with Transit Timing Variations Orbiting an Active Mid-type M Dwarf
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/ad55ea

Black holes, warp drives, and energy conditions
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269324004684

Habitability of an exoplanet based on stellar wind
https://www.ewadirect.com/proceedings/tns/article/view/14209

On the suppression of giant planet formation around low-mass stars in clustered environments
https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.19018

Machine-assisted classification of potential biosignatures in earth-like exoplanets using low signal-to-noise ratio transmission spectra
https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.19167

The CARMENES search for exoplanets around M dwarfs: Magnesium and silicon abundances of K7-M5.5 stars
https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.19969

Disk and atmosphere composition of multi-planet systems
https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.20117

Multiplicity of stars with planets in the solar neighbourhood
https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.20138