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Experimental and Numerical Modeling of Liposome Congregation in Meteorite Craters of Early Earth
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (22+ words) This paper provides experimental and numerical evidence supporting the occurrence of liposome congregation at the floors of meteor craters on Early Earth....
The POKEMON Speckle Survey of Nearby M dwarfs. IV. Distance-Limited Catalog (POKEMON-DLC)
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (17+ words) The Solar Neighborhood is dominated by stars smaller, colder, and fainter than the Sun: the M dwarfs...
Direct Imaging Constraints on Binary Planets and Exomoons around Epsilon Indi A b
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (20+ words) Epsilon Indi A b is a directly imaged "6 MJup exoplanet orbiting a nearby (3. 6 pc) K-dwarf at "30 AU...
Aromatic Rings In The Central Molecular Zone: Benzonitrile
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (19+ words) In recent years, several aromatic molecules (benzene-based rings) have been detected in the cold molecular cloud TMC-1,...
A Theoretical Study of the Structure and Elemental Abundances of HD 20794
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (258+ words) astrobiology. com A Theoretical Study of the Structure and Elemental Abundances of HD 20794 HD-20794 is a nearby, bright, metal-poor G-type dwarf hosting a compact planetary system, including a super-Earth near the habitable zone. We present, to our knowledge, the first…...
Kick-off Of Feasibility Study For A New Generation Of European ALMA Receivers
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (434+ words) astrobiology. com Kick-off Of Feasibility Study For A New Generation Of European ALMA Receivers On 13 April 2026, ESO held the kick-off meeting for the Feasibility Study for a new generation of European ALMA receivers covering the 125211 GHz band (ESO-654032) at the…...
Exoplanet Climate Characterization With Transit Asymmetries
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (195+ words) Context. Space missions such as CHEOPS, JWST, and PLATO facilitate detailed characterization of exoplanets, particularly close-in gas giants and their wide range of global temperatures and climate regimes. Aims. The aim of this work is to provide a framework to…...
Science Goals and Objectives for the Dragonfly Titan Rotorcraft Relocatable Lander
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (275+ words) astrobiology. com Science Goals and Objectives for the Dragonfly Titan Rotorcraft Relocatable Lander NASA's Dragonfly mission will send a rotorcraft lander to the surface of Titan in the mid-2030s. Dragonfly's science themes include investigation of Titan's prebiotic chemistry, habitability, and potential…...
The Interstellar Comet 3 I/ATLAS Was Born Somewhere Much Different From Our Solar System
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (440+ words) Less than a year ago, astronomers discovered a comet soaring through our sky that was not from our solar system. Although we still don't know where this interstellar object called 3 I/ATLAS came from, research led by the University of…...
Survival Of NASA-cleanroom Microbial Isolates Under Simulated Space And Martian Conditions
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (182+ words) Aspergillus calidoustus demonstrated remarkable survival under simulated Martian conditions, withstanding up to 1, 440 min of Martian solar irradiation, Mars atmospheric pressure and composition, and the presence of Martian regolith. This is the first study to perform an end-to-end evaluation of eukaryotic…...