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most citedThe Eleventh and Twelfth Data Releases of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Final Data from SDSS-III

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astro-ph.EP2025★ 1 cited

Observing spatial and temporal variations in the atmospheric chemistry of rocky exoplanets: prospects for mid-infrared spectroscopy

Marrick Braam, Daniel Angerhausen

Future telescopes such as the Large Interferometer For Exoplanets (LIFE) will enable mid-infrared characterisation of the atmospheres of nearby rocky exoplanets. Whilst 4D spatial…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 3 cited

A second planetesimal collision in the Fomalhaut system

Paul Kalas, Jason J. Wang, Maxwell A. Millar-Blanchaer +7

The nearby star Fomalhaut is orbited by a compact source, Fomalhaut b, which has previously been interpreted as either a dust-enshrouded exoplanet or a dust cloud generated by the…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 2 cited

TOI-7166 b: A Habitable Zone mini-Neptune planet around a nearby low-mass star

Khalid Barkaoui, Francisco J. Pozuelos, Benjamin V. Rackham +41

We present the discovery and validation of TOI-7166b, a 2.01+/-0.05R_Earth planet orbiting a nearby low-mass star. We validated the planet by combining TESS and multi-color high-pr…

astro-ph.EP2025

Multicolour Validation of Two Temperate Mini-Neptunes Around M-dwarf Habitable Zones

Chengzi Jiang, Aleksandra Selezneva, Hannu Parviainen +17

For small planets orbiting within the habitable zones of their host stars, multicolour validation via photometric transit observations offers an efficient alternative to prioritize…

astro-ph.EP2025

Giant Outer Transiting Exoplanet Mass (GOTEM) Survey.VII. TOI-6041: a multi-planet system including a warm Neptune exhibiting strong TTVs

N. Heidari, A. Alnajjarine, H. P. Osborn +101

We present the characterization of the TOI-6041 system, a bright () G7-type star hosting at least two planets. The inner planet, TOI-6041b, is a warm Neptune wit…

astro-ph.EP2025

TOI-333b: A Neptune Desert planet around a F7V star

Douglas R. Alves, James S. Jenkins, José I. Vinés +29

Observations have shown that planets similar to Neptune are rarely found orbiting Sun-like stars with periods up to ~4 days, defining the so-called Neptune desert region. Therefore…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 3 cited

MANGOS II: Five new giant planets orbiting low-mass stars

G. Dransfield, M. Timmermans, D. Sebastian +47

Giant planets orbiting low-mass stars on short orbits present a conundrum, as in the most extreme cases their existence cannot be reconciled with current models of core accretion.…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 1 cited

Physical Characterization of Asteroid (16583) Oersted Combining Stellar Occultation and Photometric Data

Josef Hanuš, Marco Delbo, Petr Pokorný +2

We report a successful observation of a stellar occultation by asteroid (16583) Oersted, enabling a detailed physical characterization of its shape, spin state, and surface propert…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 4 cited

TOI-3288 b and TOI-4666 b: two gas giants transiting low-mass stars characterised by NIRPS

Yolanda G. C. Frensch, François Bouchy, Gaspare Lo Curto +62

Gas giant planets orbiting low-mass stars are uncommon outcomes of planet formation. Increasing the sample of well-characterised giants around early M dwarfs will enable population…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 3 cited

Edge-On Disk Study (EODS) III: Molecular Stratification in the Flying Saucer Disk

A. Dutrey, O. Denis-Alpizar, S. Guilloteau +22

Context: Investigating the vertical distribution of molecular content in protoplanetary disks remains difficult in most disks mildly inclined along the line of sight. In contrast,…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 3 cited

Detection and characterisation of a 106-day transiting Jupiter : TOI-2449 b / NGTS-36 b

S. Ulmer-Moll, S. Gill, R. Brahm +64

Only a handful of transiting giant exoplanets with orbital periods longer than 100 days are known. These warm exoplanets are valuable objects as their radius and mass can be measur…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 14 cited

Catastrophic disruption of asteroid 2023 CX1 and implications for planetary defense

Auriane Egal, Denis Vida, François Colas +94

Mitigation of the threat from airbursting asteroids requires an understanding of the potential risk they pose for the ground. How asteroids release their kinetic energy in the atmo…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 8 cited

Two warm Earth-sized exoplanets and an Earth-sized candidate in the M5V-M6V binary system TOI-2267

S. Zúñiga-Fernández, F. J. Pozuelos, M. Dévora-Pajares +63

We report two warm Earth-sized exoplanets orbiting the close binary TOI-2267 (M5+M6, separation ~8 au). Data from TESS and ground-based facilities confirm the planets, but we canno…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 4 cited

High Resolution ALMA Data of the Fomalhaut Debris Disk Confirms Apsidal Width Variation

Jay S. Chittidi, Meredith A. MacGregor, Joshua Bennett Lovell +11

We present long-baseline observations of the Fomalhaut outer debris disk at 223 GHz (1.3 mm) from ALMA Cycle 5, which we use along with archival short-baseline observations to prod…

astro-ph.EP2025

Sibling Sub-Neptunes Around Sibling M Dwarfs: TOI-521 and TOI-912

G. Lacedelli, E. Pallé, R. Luque +47

Sub-Neptunes are absent in the Solar System, yet they are commonly found in our Galaxy. They challenge the internal structure models and prompt investigation on their formation, ev…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 3 cited

HD 143811 AB b: A Directly Imaged Planet Orbiting a Spectroscopic Binary in Sco-Cen

Nathalie K. Jones, Jason J. Wang, Eric L. Nielsen +51

We present confirmation of HD 143811 AB b, a substellar companion to spectroscopic binary HD 143811 AB through direct imaging with the Gemini Planet Imager (GPI) and Keck NIRC2. HD…

astro-ph.EP2025

Characterization of the Host Binary of the Directly Imaged Exoplanet HD 143811 AB b

Anne E. Peck, William Roberson, Eric L. Nielsen +50

HD~143811~AB is the host star to the directly imaged planet HD~143811~AB~b, which was recently discovered using data from the Gemini Planet Imager and Keck NIRC2. A member of the S…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 1 cited

Observation of an Accreting Planetary-Mass Companion with Signs of Disk-Disk Interaction in Orion

Emilie Vila, Paul Amiot, Olivier Berné +11

Young ( Myr) planetary-mass companions (PMCs) provide valuable insights into the formation and early evolution of planetary systems. To date, only a dozen such objects…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 4 cited

A New Brown Dwarf Orbiting an M star and An Investigation on the Eccentricity Distribution of Transiting Long-Period Brown Dwarfs

Tianjun Gan, Charles Cadieux, Shigeru Ida +32

The orbital eccentricities of brown dwarfs encode valuable information of their formation and evolution history, providing insights into whether they resemble giant planets or stel…

astro-ph.EP2025

Investigating the extent of bladed terrain on Pluto via photometric surface roughness

I. Mishra, R. Dhingra, B. J. Buratti +2

NASA's New Horizons spacecraft discovered fields of sub-parallel sets of steep ridges situated in the high-altitude, low-latitude regions in Pluto's encounter hemisphere called 'bl…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 4 cited

Edge-On Disk Study (EODS) II: Thermal Structure of the Flying Saucer Disk

S. Guilloteau, O. Denis-Alpizar, A. Dutrey +21

Context. The dust and gas temperature in proto-planetary disks play critical roles in determining their chemical evolution and influencing planet formation processes. Aims. We atte…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 8 cited

NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory Observations of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS (C/2025 N1)

Colin Orion Chandler, Pedro H. Bernardinelli, Mario Jurić +305

We report on the observation and measurement of astrometry, photometry, morphology, and activityof the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS, also designated C/2025 N1 (ATLAS) with the NSF-…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 3 cited

Breakthrough Listen: A Technosignature Search Around 27 Eclipsing Exoplanets Selected from the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite Catalogue

R. Barrett, C. D. Tremblay, B. Addison +2

Here we analyse the archival data for a set of 27 Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) Targets of Interest (TOIs) in search for artificially generated radio signals, or 'te…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 10 cited

A transiting giant planet in orbit around a 0.2-solar-mass host star

Edward M. Bryant, Andrés Jordán, Joel D. Hartman +56

Planet formation models suggest that the formation of giant planets is significantly harder around low-mass stars, due to the scaling of protoplanetary disc masses with stellar mas…