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A Cross‐Correlation Method to Evaluate Wind Retrieval Accuracy on Mars Using Simulated Microwave Limb Sounder Observations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, Volume 131, Issue 1, January 2026.
Abstract While aspects such as the temperature and composition of the Martian atmosphere are relatively well known thanks to observations from numerous space missions, Martian atmospheric dynamics remain poorly constrained due to the scarcity of direct wind measurements. The use of microwave limb sounders to retrieve winds has been proposed in the past,
S. Jurado‐Fortuna, F. González‐Galindo, D. Shulyak, L. M. Lara   +3 more
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On the Stability of Super-Earth Atmospheres

, 2012
We investigate the stability of super Earth atmospheres around M stars using a 7-parameter, analytical framework. We construct stability diagrams in the parameter space of exoplanetary radius versus semi-major axis and elucidate the regions in which the ...
Heng, Kevin, Kopparla, Pushkar
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Formation of Asteroid (16) Psyche by a Giant Impact

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, Volume 131, Issue 1, January 2026.
Abstract Asteroid (16) Psyche is the largest likely metal‐rich asteroid in the Solar System and the target of the NASA Psyche mission. The mission aims to determine whether the asteroid is the core of a differentiated planetesimal that lost its mantle via a giant impact.
Saverio Cambioni, Benjamin P. Weiss, Namya Baijal, Robert Melikyan, Erik Asphaug, John B. Biersteker, Richard P. Binzel, William F. Bottke, Samuel W. Courville, Linda T. Elkins‐Tanton, David J. Lawrence, José M. G. Merayo, Carol A. Raymond, Mark A. Wieczorek, Maria T. Zuber   +14 more
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A Panchromatic Characterization of the Evening and Morning Atmosphere of WASP-107 b: Composition and Cloud Variations, and Insight into the Effect of Stellar Contamination

The Astronomical Journal
Limb-resolved transmission spectroscopy has the potential to transform our understanding of exoplanetary atmospheres. By separately measuring the transmission spectra of the evening and morning limbs, these atmospheric regions can be individually ...
Matthew M. Murphy, Thomas G. Beatty, Everett Schlawin, Taylor J. Bell, Michael Radica, Thomas D. Kennedy, Nishil Mehta, Luis Welbanks, Michael R. Line, Vivien Parmentier, Thomas P. Greene, Sagnick Mukherjee, Jonathan J. Fortney, Kazumasa Ohno, Lindsey Wiser, Kenneth Arnold, Emily Rauscher, Isaac R. Edelman, Marcia J. Rieke   +18 more
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Cation Disorder of Mg2SiO4 ${\text{Mg}}_{\mathbf{2}}{\text{SiO}}_{\mathbf{4}}$ in Super‐Earth Mantles

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 52, Issue 24, 28 December 2025.
Abstract Understanding the mineralogy of exoplanets is essential for unraveling their interior structures, dynamics, and evolution. For large super‐Earths, the post‐post spinel Mg2SiO4 ${\text{Mg}}_{2}{\text{SiO}}_{4}$, one of the major mantle phases, may undergo the order‐disorder transition (ODT) at high temperatures.
Donghao Zheng, Yifan Li, Yihang Peng, Rushi Gong, Zi‐Kui Liu, Jie Deng   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Impact of the Explicit Representation of Convection on the Climate of a Tidally Locked Planet in Global Stretched-mesh Simulations

The Astrophysical Journal
Convective processes are crucial in shaping exoplanetary atmospheres but are computationally expensive to simulate directly. A novel technique of simulating moist convection on tidally locked exoplanets is to use a global 3D model with a stretched mesh ...
Denis E. Sergeev, Ian A. Boutle, F. Hugo Lambert, Nathan J. Mayne, Thomas Bendall, Krisztian Kohary, Enrico Olivier, Ben Shipway   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Super Earth Explorer: A Coronagraphic Off-Axis Space Telescope [PDF]

, 2008
The Super-Earth Explorer is an Off-Axis Space Telescope (SEE-COAST) designed for high contrast imaging. Its scientific objective is to make the physico-chemical characterization of exoplanets possibly down to 2 Earth radii >.
A. Aylward, A. Boccaletti, A. Boccaletti, A. Léger, A. Wolszczan, B. McIntosh, B. Sato, C.-U. Keller, C.U. Keller, Ch. Sotin, D. Mawet, D. Mawet, D. Mawet, D. Rouan, D. Stam, D. Stam, D. Valencia, E. Ford, E. Palle, E. Rivera, E. Williams, G. Perrin, G. Tinetti, G. Tinetti, J. Fortney, J. Fortney, J. Hough, J. Kemp, J. Schneider, J. Trauger, J. Trauger, J. Y-K. Cho, J.-L. Beuzit, J.-Ph. Beauliau, M. Kuchner, M. Kuchner, M. Marley, M. Swain, O. Guyon, P. Baudoz, P. Baudoz, P. Baudoz, R. Doyon, R. Soummer, S. Ida, S. Seager, S. Udry, S. Udry, W. Benz, W. Traub   +49 more
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Satellites and Small Bodies With ALMA: Insights Into Solar System Formation and Evolution

AGU Advances, Volume 6, Issue 6, December 2025.
Abstract Our understanding of the formation and evolution of planetary systems has made major advances in the past decade. This progress has been driven in large part by the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), which has given us an unprecedented view of solar system bodies themselves, and of the structure and chemistry of forming ...
Katherine de Kleer, Michael E. Brown, Martin Cordiner, Richard Teague   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Response of Planetary Atmospheres to the Impact of Icy Comets. II. Exo-Earth Analogs

The Astrophysical Journal
The orbital regime of a terrestrial planet plays a significant role in shaping its atmospheric dynamics, climate, and hence potential habitability. The orbit is also likely to play a role in shaping the response of a planetary atmosphere to the influx of
F. Sainsbury-Martinez, C. Walsh
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Community Voices on the Future of Radiation Belt Research: A Summary of the 2024 GEM Radiation Belt Focus Group Round‐Table Discussion

Earth and Space Science, Volume 12, Issue 12, December 2025.
Abstract Earth's radiation belts are the regions where highly energetic charged particles are trapped by Earth's magnetic field, posing significant risks to the satellites and other space‐based technologies. Understanding the dynamics of the radiation belts is critical not only for advancing fundamental plasma physics but also for predicting and ...
Hong Zhao, Lauren Blum, Aleksandr Ukhorskiy, Xiangrong Fu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source