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The Eschatian Hypothesis
David Kipping
The history of astronomical discovery shows that many of the most detectable phenomena, especially detection firsts, are not typical members of their broader class, but rather rare…
A JWST Transit of a Jupiter Analog: II. A Search for Exomoons
David Kipping, Ben Cassese, Quentin Changeat +3
We present a search for exomoons around the Jupiter-like exoplanet Kepler-167e using a NIRSpec JWST transit. Our 60 hour time series clearly reveals the enormous impact of long-ter…
A JWST Transit of a Jupiter Analog I: Constraints on the Oblateness of Kepler-167e
Ben Cassese, David Kipping, Quentin Changeat +5
In October 2024 JWST observed a transit of Kepler-167e, a Jupiter-analog planet on a 1000+ day orbit. These observations, recorded over a long baseline of nearly 60 hours, were des…
Solar Hegemony: M-Dwarfs Are Unlikely to Host Observers Such as Ourselves
David Kipping
With no firm evidence for life beyond our solar system, inferences about the population observers such as ourselves rests upon the Earth as a single input, at least for now. Whilst…
Torqued Accelerator using Radiation from the Sun (TARS) for Interstellar Payloads
David Kipping, Kathryn Lampo
The concept of exploring space using solar power is energetically appealing, but interstellar solar sails typically require extremely low areal densities (~g/m^2). This work explor…
Strong Evidence That Abiogenesis Is a Rapid Process on Earth Analogs
David Kipping
The early start to life naively suggests that abiogenesis is a rapid process on Earth-like planets. However, if evolution typically takes ~4Gyr to produce intelligent life-forms li…
Near-circular orbits for planets around M/K-type stars with Earth-like sizes and instellations
David Kipping, Diana Solano-Oropeza, Daniel A. Yahalomi +3
Recent advances have enabled the discovery of a population of potentially Earth-like planets, yet their orbital eccentricity, which governs their climate and provides clues about t…