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astro-ph.EP2026

The exozodi spectral effect: Residual habitable zone dust may bias exoEarth characterization

Miles H. Currie, Christopher C. Stark, Eleonora Alei +1

The paper studies how residual exozodiacal dust in the habitable zones of nearby stars can add a continuum signal to direct imaging spectra of Earth-like exoplanets, potentially re…

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Helium escaping from the atmosphere of a nearby rocky exoplanet orbiting in a habitable zone

Collin Cherubim, Shreyas Vissapragada, Tim Cunningham +13

The study reports the detection of helium escaping from the atmosphere of the rocky exoplanet LHS 1140b using near‑infrared transit spectroscopy, showing time‑variable escape and s…