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Biodiversity or Bust
Paper: Reduced Diversity of Life Around Proxima Centauri and TRAPPIST-1Authors: Manasvi Lingam and Abraham LoebFirst Author Institution: Harvard Smithsonian Center for AstrophysicsStatus: Accepted for...
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A Hitchhiker’s Guide to TRAPPIST-1
Title: Enhanced interplanetary panspermia in the TRAPPIST-1 systemAuthors: Manasvi Lingam, Abraham LoebFirst Author’s Institution: Institute for Theory and Computation, Harvard–Smithsonian Center for...
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No dust ring required around Proxima Centauri
Title: DETECTION OF A MILLIMETER FLARE FROM PROXIMA CENTAURIAuthors: Meredith A. MacGregor Alycia J. Weinberger, David J. Wilner, Adam F. KowalskiFirst Author’s Institution: Department of Terrestrial...
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An EPIC view of the Earth as an exoplanet
Title: Using Deep Space Climate Observatory Measurements to Study the Earth as An Exoplanet Authors: Jonathan H. Jiang, Albert J. Zhai, Jay Herman, Chengxing Zhai, Renyu Hu, Hui Su, Vijay Natraj,...
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Meet the AAS Keynote Speakers: Debra Fischer
In this series of posts, we sit down with a few of the keynote speakers of the 232nd AAS meeting to learn more about them and their research. You can see a full schedule of their talks here! Can you...
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Astrophysical Classics: Evidence for Europa’s Subsurface Ocean
Note: In this ongoing series, instead of summarizing a recent result from astro-ph, we will discuss a historical discovery from a paper that has become an astrophysical classic.Title: The Jupiter...
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A change in the tides
This guest post was written by Katie Harris, a Master of Space Studies student at the International Space University in France. She completed her undergraduate degree in Astrophysics at the University...
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The Imprint of an Invisible Giant
Title: Giant planet effects on terrestrial planet formation and system architectureAuthors: Anna C. Childs, Elisa Quintana, Thomas Barclay, Jason H. Steffen First Author’s Institution: Department of...
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Let’s Not Make Assumptions: UV Radiation Won’t Stop Exoplanets from Becoming...
Today’s guest post was written by Yesenia Ruano, a sophomore at Columbia College, for an assignment in the Another Earth class taught by Professor David Kipping. As part of the course, students were...
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Fluorescent Worlds: Searching for Life’s Glow
Title: Biofluorescent Worlds – II. Biological fluorescence induced by stellar UV flares, a new temporal biosignatureAuthors: Jack T. O’Malley-James and Lisa KalteneggerFirst Author’s Institution: Carl...
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Combining Ground and Space-based Observations to Find EvryFlare
Title: EvryFlare. I. Long-term Evryscope Monitoring of Flares from the Cool Stars across Half the Southern SkyAuthors: Ward S. Howard, Hank Corbett, Nicholas M. Law, Jeffrey K. Ratzloff, Amy L....
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U(V) Light Up My Life
Title: The Surface UV Environment on Planets Orbiting M-Dwarfs: Implications for Prebiotic Chemistry & Need for Experimental Follow-upAuthors: Sukrit Ranjan, Robin Wordsworth, & Dimitar D....
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Meet the AAS Keynote Speakers: Dr. Ted Bergin
In this series of posts, we sit down with a few of the keynote speakers of the 235th AAS meeting to learn more about them and their research. You can see a full schedule of their talks here, and read...
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Astrobites at AAS 233: Day 3
Welcome to the winter American Astronomical Society (AAS) meeting in Seattle, Washington! Astrobites is attending the conference as usual, and we will report highlights from each day here. If you’d...
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Searching for Earth-like worlds with a fine-toothed (Astro)comb
Title: Stellar Spectroscopy in the Near-infrared with a Laser Frequency CombAuthors: A. J. Metcalf, T. Anderson, C. F. Bender, et al.Corresponding Author: S. MahadevanFirst Author’s Institution:...
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For habitability, two stars are not better than one
Title: Stellar activity and planetary atmosphere evolution in tight binary star systemsAuthors: C. P. Johnstone, E. Pilat-Lohinger, T. Lüftinger, M. Güdel, and A. StöklFirst Author’s Institution:...
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Green plants on red planets: would photosynthesis work?
Title: Photosynthesis on habitable planets around low-mass starsAuthors: Manasvi Lingam and Abraham LoebFirst Author’s Institution: Institute for Theory and Computation, Harvard University, USA and...
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Potential Habitability of Extremely Tilted Planets
Title: Atmospheric Dynamics in High Obliquity PlanetsAuthors: Ana H. Lobo and Simona BordoniFirst Author’s Institution: California Institute of TechnologyStatus: Published in Icarus [closed...
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Can We Look Forward to Vacations on TRAPPIST-1?
This guest post was written by Payal Shah, an undergraduate student at the University of Connecticut, for an assignment in the Fall 2019 Foundations of Modern Astrophysics class taught by Professor...
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Life finds a way (even on M dwarfs?)
Title: The High-Energy Radiation Environment Around a 10 Gyr M Dwarf: Habitable at Last?Authors: Kevin France, Girish Duvvuri, Hilary Egan, et al.First author’s institution: University of Colorado,...
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