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The Complexity of Deep Aqueous Fluids in Planetary Ultramafic Mantles
Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, Volume 27, Issue 7, July 2026.Abstract Planetary volatiles cycle through a planet's crust, mantle, and atmosphere, playing a crucial role in surface processes and habitability. Discussions of planetary volatiles traditionally focus on water, carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur, but fluids in contact with silicate rocks and ultramafic mantles can contain significant amounts of magnesium ...
Sophia E. Economon +1 more
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Strong Fractionation of Deuterium and Helium in Sub-Neptune Atmospheres along the Radius Valley
The Astrophysical JournalWe simulate atmospheric fractionation in escaping planetary atmospheres using IsoFATE , a new open-source numerical model. We expand the parameter space studied previously to planets with tenuous atmospheres that exhibit the greatest helium and deuterium
Collin Cherubim +3 more
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Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, Volume 131, Issue 7, July 2026.Abstract Io's tenuous atmosphere consists primarily of sulfur dioxide (SO2 ${\text{SO}}_{2}$) with observed column densities of approximately 1016−1017 $1{0}^{16}-1{0}^{17}$ cm−2 ${\text{cm}}^{-2}$. However, it remains uncertain whether the sublimation of SO2 ${\text{SO}}_{2}$ surface frost or volcanic outgassing is the primary source of the SO2 ...
Leander Schlarmann +4 more
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Helium Escape in Context: Comparative Signatures of Four Close-in Exoplanets
The Astrophysical JournalObservations of escaping atmospheres on close-in exoplanets show a wide range in the strength and morphology of He I 10830 Å and H I absorption. Scaling relations attempt to link the He I signal to X-ray and UV irradiation, mass loss, and bulk planetary ...
Anna Ruth Taylor +4 more
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Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, Volume 18, Issue 7, July 2026.Abstract Low clouds (LC) are the largest source of uncertainty in the climate response to increased CO2 ${\text{CO}}_{2}$ in global climate models. This is due to the multitude of factors that affect their behavior and how these are characterized across models.
Danny McCulloch +3 more
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The Astronomical JournalAtmospheric escape’s potential to shape the exoplanet population motivates detailed observations of systems actively undergoing escape. AU Mic is a young and active M dwarf hosting two close-in transiting sub- to Neptune-sized planets. Atmospheric escape
Keighley E. Rockcliffe +10 more
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Out There No One Has a Right to Die
Bioethics, Volume 40, Issue 6, Page 565-572, July 2026.ABSTRACT The eventual goal of space exploration is to colonize exoplanets and their moons outside our solar system. This is a dangerous and immoral endeavour. The extraterrestrial life forms encountered would be hostile, vulnerable or both, and the descendants of the original pioneers would be involuntarily exposed to hazardous conditions and ...
Matti Häyry
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The Astronomical JournalThe Kepler mission enabled us to look at the intrinsic population of exoplanets within our galaxy. In period-radius space, the distribution of the intrinsic population of planets contains structure that can trace planet formation and evolution history ...
Anne Dattilo, Natalie M. Batalha
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Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 53, Issue 12, 28 June 2026.Abstract Mercury experiences the most intense and variable solar wind (SW) conditions in the solar system due to its close, eccentric orbit about the Sun. In addition to variation driven by coronal source and solar cycle, the SW arriving at Mercury varies periodically as the planet's heliocentric distance changes by over 50% per orbit.
Ryan M. Dewey +17 more
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The Astrophysical JournalA primary goal of characterizing exoplanet atmospheres is to constrain planetary bulk properties, such as their metallicity, C/O ratio, and intrinsic heat.
Sagnick Mukherjee +4 more
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