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Gliese 581d is the first discovered terrestrial-mass exoplanet in the habitable zone [PDF]

, 2011
It has been suggested that the recently discovered exoplanet GJ581d might be able to support liquid water due to its relatively low mass and orbital distance.
Goody, Kaltenegger, Montmessin, Pierrehumbert, Reynolds, Spiegel, Tanigawa, Tian, Vogt, von Braun   +9 more
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An investigation of a super-Earth exoplanet with a greenhouse-gas atmosphere using a general circulation model

, 2012
We use the Massachusetts Institute of Technology general circulation model (GCM) dynamical core, in conjunction with a Newtonian relaxation scheme that relaxes to a gray, analytical solution of the radiative transfer equation, to simulate a tidally ...
Madhusudhan, Nikku, Michaels, Timothy I., Zalucha, Angela M.   +2 more
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The MgI line: a new probe of the atmospheres of evaporating exoplanets

, 2014
Transit observations of HD209458b in the UV revealed signatures of neutral magnesium escaping the planet's upper atmosphere. The absorption detected in the MgI line provides unprecedented information on the physical conditions at the altitude where the ...
Bourrier, V., Etangs, A. Lecavelier des, Vidal-Madjar, A.   +2 more
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Early Time Small-scale Structures in Hot Exoplanet Atmosphere Simulations

The Astrophysical Journal
We report on the critical influence of small-scale flow structures (e.g., fronts, vortices, and waves) that immediately arise in hot exoplanet atmosphere simulations initialized with a resting state.
J. W. Skinner, J. Y-K. Cho
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Observations of Exoplanet Atmospheres

, 2015
Detailed characterization of an extrasolar planet's atmosphere provides the best hope for distinguishing the makeup of its outer layers, and the only hope for understanding the interplay between initial composition, chemistry, dynamics & circulation, and
Crossfield, Ian J. M.
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Hot Spot Offset Variability from Magnetohydrodynamical Thermoresistive Instability in Hot Jupiters

The Astrophysical Journal
Hot Jupiter (HJ) atmospheres are possibly subject to a thermoresistive instability (TRI). Such an instability may develop as the ohmic heating increases the electrical conductivity in a positive feedback loop, which ultimately leads to a runaway of the ...
Raphaël Hardy, Paul Charbonneau, Andrew Cumming   +2 more
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Resolving Orbital and Climate Keys of Earth and Extraterrestrial Environments with Dynamics 1.0: A General Circulation Model for Simulating the Climates of Rocky Planets

, 2017
Resolving Orbital and Climate Keys of Earth and Extraterrestrial Environments with Dynamics (ROCKE-3D) is a 3-Dimensional General Circulation Model (GCM) developed at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies for the modeling of atmospheres of Solar ...
Aleinov, Igor, Amundsen, David. S., Chandler, Mark, Clune, Thomas, Del Genio, Anthony D., Fujii, Yuka, Kelley, Maxwell, Kiang, Nancy Y., Sohl, Linda, Tsigaridis, Kostas, Way, M. J.   +10 more
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State‐Dependence of Polar Amplification in an Idealized GCM

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 53, Issue 1, 16 January 2026.
Abstract Polar amplification (PA) is a robust feature of contemporary climate change, but its state‐dependence across different climate conditions is poorly understood despite potential relevance to paleoclimate records and future projections. Here we examine the state‐dependence of PA across a wide range of climate states in an idealized moist general
Andrew I. L. Williams, Timothy M. Merlis
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Up, Up, and Away: Winds and Dynamical Structure as a Function of Altitude in the Ultrahot Jupiter WASP-76b

The Astrophysical Journal
Due to the unprecedented signal strengths offered by the newest high-resolution spectrographs on 10 m class telescopes, exploring the 3D nature of exoplanets is possible with an unprecedented level of precision.
Aurora Y. Kesseli, Hayley Beltz, Emily Rauscher, I. A. G. Snellen   +3 more
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SPECULOOS exoplanet search and its prototype on TRAPPIST [PDF]

, 2017
One of the most significant goals of modern science is establishing whether life exists around other suns. The most direct path towards its achievement is the detection and atmospheric characterization of terrestrial exoplanets with potentially habitable
A Burrows, A Collier Cameron, A Wolszczan, Adam J. Burgasser, AR Belu, B Goldman, C Hayashi, C Terquem, CH Blake, CP Johnstone, D Deming, D Kubas, E Agol, E Berger, E Bolmont, E Bolmont, E Jehin, EE Mamajek, ET Whelan, Eunkyu Han, GÁ Bakos, IN Reid, IN Reid, J Leconte, J Muzerolle, J Wit de, J Wit de, J. Schneider, JCB Papaloizou, JD Kirkpatrick, JD Kirkpatrick, JE Gizis, JE Owen, JE Owen, JK Barstow, JN Winn, JS Pineda, KL Luhman, KL Luhman, KL Luhman, L Kaltenegger, L Ricci, L Zeng, M Gillon, M Gillon, M Gillon, M Gillon, M Jura, M Mayor, MC Cushing, MJ Holman, MJ Payne, MY He, P Cresswell, P. Figueira, Philip S. Muirhead, PJ Wheatley, PS Muirhead, R Klein, R Luger, R Luger, R Montgomery, RK Kopparapu, RL Akeson, S Ballard, S Jin, S Seager, S Seager, Sergio B. Dieterich, SJ Schmidt, SN Raymond, SS Kumar, SS Kumar, Stanimir A. Metchev, V Bourrier, X Bonfils, Y Alibert, Y Shvartzvald, ZK Berta   +78 more
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