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Massive Rocky Planets May Suppress Deep Melting

AGU Advances, Volume 7, Issue 4, August 2026.
Abstract Melting properties of silicates are critical to understanding the thermal evolution of rocky planetary interiors. In the deep mantles of massive rocky planets, post‐post‐spinel Mg2SiO4 ${\text{Mg}}_{2}{\text{SiO}}_{4}$ is potentially one of the most abundant mineral phases, yet its melting behavior remains unconstrained. Here, we determine the
Donghao Zheng, Yihang Peng, Jie Deng
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Impact of oxygen fugacity on the atmospheric structure and emission spectra of ultra-hot rocky exoplanets

Astronomy & Astrophysics
Context. Atmospheres above lava-ocean planets (LOPs) hold clues related to the properties of their interiors, based on the expectation that the two reservoirs are in chemical equilibrium. Furthermore, such atmospheres are observable with current-generation space- and ground-based telescopes.
Fabian L. Seidler, Paolo A. Sossi, Simon L. Grimm   +2 more
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A Theory for the Global Wind Energy Dissipation Across Climates

AGU Advances, Volume 7, Issue 5, August 2026.
Abstract Atmospheric winds play a key role in shaping climate, ecosystems, and infrastructure. The energy that drives the winds is generated by the atmospheric heat engine. However, traditional entropy‐budget descriptions of this heat engine rely on poorly constrained microscale processes, limiting their predictive power.
Malte F. Jansen, Hsing‐Hung Chou, Seth Seidel   +2 more
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A Possible Metal-dominated Atmosphere below the Thick Aerosols of GJ 1214 b Suggested by Its JWST Panchromatic Transmission Spectrum

The Astrophysical Journal Letters
GJ 1214b is the archetype sub-Neptune for which thick aerosols have prevented us from constraining its atmospheric properties for over a decade. In this study, we leverage the panchromatic transmission spectrum of GJ 1214b established by the Hubble Space
Kazumasa Ohno, Everett Schlawin, Taylor J. Bell, Matthew M. Murphy, Thomas G. Beatty, Luis Welbanks, Thomas P. Greene, Jonathan J. Fortney, Vivien Parmentier, Isaac R. Edelman, Nishil Mehta, Marcia J. Rieke   +11 more
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Interactions of Sublimated Frost With Volcanic Plumes: Modeling Io's SO2 Atmosphere Using the DSMC Method

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, Audrey Vorburger, Tim Mosimann, Nicolas Thomas, Peter Wurz   +4 more
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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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Weakening Tropical West Pacific Ascent Strength Reduces East Pacific Low Clouds via Lower Free‐Tropospheric Moisture Convergence

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, Mark J. Webb, F. Hugo Lambert, Geoffrey K. Vallis   +3 more
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The NASA exoplanet archive: data and tools for exoplanet research

, 2013
We describe the contents and functionality of the NASA Exoplanet Archive, a database and toolset funded by NASA to support astronomers in the exoplanet community.
Rey, R., Harbut, M., Ali, B., Groom, S., Kane, S. R., Stauffer, J., McElroy, D. L., Chen, X., Leifer, S., Berukoff, S., Akeson, R. L., Jackson, E., Chan, B., Berriman, G. B., Wittman, M., Abajian, M., Plavchan, P., Saucedo, M., Crane, M., Lau, C., Bryden, G., Lynn, M., Wyatt, P., Papin, M., Beichman, C., Regelson, M., Schmitz, M., Good, J., Ramirez, S. V., Payne, A. N., Zhang, A., Ciardi, D., von Braun, K., Laity, A. C., Beekley, A.   +34 more
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JWST Transmission Spectroscopy of HD 209458b: A Supersolar Metallicity, a Very Low C/O, and No Evidence of CH4, HCN, or C2H2

The Astrophysical Journal Letters
We present the transmission spectrum of the original transiting hot Jupiter HD 209458b from 2.3 to 5.1 μ m as observed with the NIRCam instrument on the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Previous studies of HD 209458b’s atmosphere have given conflicting
Qiao Xue, Jacob L. Bean, Michael Zhang, Luis Welbanks, Jonathan Lunine, Prune August   +5 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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