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Where Are the Water Worlds? Identifying Exo-water-worlds Using Models of Planet Formation and Atmospheric Evolution

The Astrophysical Journal
Planet formation models suggest that the small exoplanets that migrate from beyond the snowline of the protoplanetary disk likely contain water-ice-rich cores (∼50% by mass), also known as water worlds.
Aritra Chakrabarty, Gijs D. Mulders
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Thermophysical States of MgSiO3 Liquid up to Terapascal Pressures: Implications for Magma Oceans in Super‐Earths and Sub‐Neptunes

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, Volume 130, Issue 4, April 2025.
Abstract Thermophysical properties of silicate liquids under extreme conditions are critical for understanding the accretion and evolution of super‐Earths and sub‐Neptunes. The thermal equation of state and viscosity of silicate liquids determine the adiabatic profiles and dynamics of magma oceans. However, these properties are challenging to constrain
Haiyang Luo, Jie Deng
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Helium in the Extended Atmosphere of the Warm Superpuff TOI-1420b

The Astronomical Journal
Superpuffs are planets with exceptionally low densities ( ρ ≲ 0.1 g cm ^−3 ) and core masses ( M _c ≲ 5 M _⊕ ). Many lower-mass ( M _p ≲ 10 M _⊕ ) superpuffs are expected to be unstable to catastrophic mass loss via photoevaporation and/or boil-off ...
Shreyas Vissapragada, Michael Greklek-McKeon, Dion Linssen, Morgan MacLeod, Daniel P. Thorngren, Peter Gao, Heather A. Knutson, David W. Latham, Mercedes López-Morales, Antonija Oklopčić, Jorge Pérez González, Morgan Saidel, Abigail Tumborang, Stephanie Yoshida   +13 more
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Precise characterisation of HD 15337 with CHEOPS: A laboratory for planet formation and evolution [PDF]

Astronomy & Astrophysics
The HD 15337 (TIC 120896927, TOI-402) system was observed by the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), revealing the presence of two short-period planets situated on opposite sides of the radius gap.
M. Rosário, O. Demangeon, S. Barros, D. Gandolfi, J. Egger, L. Serrano, H. Osborn, M. Beck, W. Benz, H. Floren, Guterman, G. Wilson, Y. Alibert, L. Fossati, J. Hooton, L. Delrez, N. Santos, S. Sousa, Bonfanti, S. Salmon, V. Adibekyan, A. Nigioni, J. Venturini, R. Alonso, G. Anglada, J. Asquier, Bárczy, Barrado y Navascués, O. Barragán, Wolfgang Baumjohann, T. Beck, N. Billot, F. Biondi, X. Bonfils, L. Borsato, A. Brandeker, C. Broeg, V. Cessa, S. Charnoz, A. Cameron, S. Csizmadia, P. E. Cubillos, M. B. Davies, M. Deleuil, A. Deline, B. Demory, D. Ehrenreich, A. Erikson, M. Esposito, A. Fortier, M. Fridlund, M. Gillon, M. Güdel, M. Günther, C. Helling, S. Hoyer, K. Isaak, L. Kiss, K. Lam, J. Laskar, A. L. D. Étangs, M. Lendl, A. Luntzer, D. Magrin, P. Maxted, C. Mordasini, V. Nascimbeni, G. Olofsson, H. Osborne, R. Ottensamer, I. Pagano, E. Pallé, G. Peter, G. Piotto, D. Pollacco, D. Queloz, R. Ragazzoni, N. Rando, H. Rauer, I. Ribas, G. Scandariato, D. Ségransan, A. Simon, A. S. Smith, M. Stalport, Gy. M. Szabó, Thomas, S. Udry, V. Eylen, V. Grootel, E. Villaver, I. Walter, N. A. Walton   +92 more
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Exoplanet phase curves: observations and theory

, 2018
Phase curves are the best technique to probe the three dimensional structure of exoplanets' atmospheres. In this chapter we first review current exoplanets phase curve observations and the particular challenges they face.
A Shporer, A Shporer, Adam P. Showman, AP Showman, AP Showman, AP Showman, BO Demory, BO Demory, C Visscher, Curtis S. Cooper, D Perez-Becker, D Piskorz, D. J. Armstrong, DDB Koll, F Selsis, HA Knutson, HA Knutson, Heather A. Knutson, I Hubeny, Ian Wong, Ian Wong, IJM Crossfield, IJM Crossfield, IJM Crossfield, J Harrington, J Langton, J Leconte, J Leconte, J Wit de, J Yang, J. C. Schwartz, JC Schwartz, JE Krick, JJ Fortney, K Batygin, K Haynes, K Heng, K Heng, KB Stevenson, KB Stevenson, KB Stevenson, KB Stevenson, Kevin B. Stevenson, L Kreidberg, Lisa J. Esteves, M Agúndez, M Oreshenko, MR Line, MW Webber, N Iro, NB Cowan, NB Cowan, NB Cowan, Nicolas B. Cowan, NK Lewis, NK Lewis, P Hut, PFL Maxted, R Hu, R Perna, R Perna, Robert T. Zellem, RT Pierrehumbert, S Fromang, S Millholland, SM Tsai, SR Kane, T Guillot, T Kataria, T Kataria, TD Komacek, Thaddeus D. Komacek, TM Evans, TM Rogers, TM Rogers, UA Dyudina, V Parmentier, Vivien Parmentier, Vivien Parmentier, Vivien Parmentier, X Zhang, YK Feng   +81 more
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MESSENGER Observations of a Possible Alfvén Wing at Mercury Driven by a Low Alfvénic Mach Number Interplanetary Coronal Mass Ejection

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, Volume 130, Issue 3, March 2025.
Abstract We investigate Mercury's response to rare, low Alfvénic Mach number MA $\left({M}_{A}\right)$ solar wind conditions using observations from the Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry, and Ranging (MESSENGER) mission. This study provides compelling evidence of Mercury's altered magnetospheric state under these extreme conditions ...
Charles F. Bowers, Caitríona M. Jackman, Xianzhe Jia, James A. Slavin, Joachim Saur, Mika K. G. Holmberg, Ryan M. Dewey, Daniel Heyner, Filip Elekes, Lina Z. Hadid, Benoit Lavraud, Yang Wang, Hans L. F. Huybrighs, Matthew J. Rutala, Alexandra R. Fogg, Stephenie Brophy Lee, Daragh M. Hollman   +16 more
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JWST/NIRISS Reveals the Water-rich “Steam World” Atmosphere of GJ 9827 d

The Astrophysical Journal Letters
With sizable volatile envelopes but smaller radii than the solar system ice giants, sub-Neptunes have been revealed as one of the most common types of planet in the galaxy. While the spectroscopic characterization of larger sub-Neptunes (2.5–4 R _⊕ ) has
Caroline Piaulet-Ghorayeb, Björn Benneke, Michael Radica, Eshan Raul, Louis-Philippe Coulombe, Eva-Maria Ahrer, Daria Kubyshkina, Ward S. Howard, Joshua Krissansen-Totton, Ryan J. MacDonald, Pierre-Alexis Roy, Amy Louca, Duncan Christie, Marylou Fournier-Tondreau, Romain Allart, Yamila Miguel, Hilke E. Schlichting, Luis Welbanks, Charles Cadieux, Caroline Dorn, Thomas M. Evans-Soma, Jonathan J. Fortney, Raymond Pierrehumbert, David Lafrenière, Lorena Acuña, Thaddeus Komacek, Hamish Innes, Thomas G. Beatty, Ryan Cloutier, René Doyon, Anna Gagnebin, Cyril Gapp, Heather A. Knutson   +32 more
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How black hole activity may influence exoplanetary evolution in our Galaxy [PDF]

Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
An increasing number of exoplanets have been discovered in the Milky Way galaxy, which is also known to harbour a super-massive black hole (Sagittarius A*) at its centre.
W. Ishibashi
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Towards consistent mapping of distant worlds: secondary-eclipse scanning of the exoplanet HD189733b

, 2012
Mapping distant worlds is the next frontier for exoplanet infrared photometry studies. Ultimately, constraining spatial and temporal properties of an exoplanet atmosphere will provide further insight into its physics. For tidally-locked hot Jupiters that
de Wit, Julien, Demory, Brice-Olivier, Gillon, Michaël, Seager, Sara   +3 more
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Is OSSO a Significant Contributor to the Unknown UV Absorber in Venus' Atmosphere?

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 52, Issue 4, 28 February 2025.
Abstract It has been proposed that two isomers of the SO dimer (cis‐ and trans‐OSSO) are candidates for the unknown UV absorber in Venus' atmosphere because they have a good spectral match with the absorber, despite the low concentrations predicted by 1D photochemical models.
Joanna V. Egan, Wuhu Feng, Alexander D. James, James Manners, Daniel R. Marsh, Sébastien Lebonnois, Franck Lefèvre, Aurélien Stolzenbach, John M. C. Plane   +8 more
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