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most citedA Framework for Prioritizing the TESS Planetary Candidates Most Amenable to Atmospheric Characterization

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214 papers

astro-ph.EP2026

Searching for hot water world candidates with CHEOPS: II. A low-density super-Earth orbiting the K dwarf TOI-2211

J. A. Egger, P. Cortés-Zuleta, D. Kubyshkina +98

Small exoplanets on close-in orbits are exposed to high levels of stellar irradiation, which can effectively remove low-mass primordial H/He envelopes through atmospheric escape. U…

astro-ph.IM2026

Toward the Italian Astronomical Community's Contribution to HWO: Science, Technology, and Instrument Concepts

A. Fontana, F. Annibali, N. Antonietti +101

This paper summarizes the interest of the Italian astronomical community in the possible participation in the development of the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO). It is largely b…

astro-ph.EP2026

The GAPS programme at TNG LXXIX. New mass constraints for the infant planets in the V1298 Tau system through a long-term radial velocity monitoring with HARPS-N

M. Damasso, P. Leonardi, L. Borsato +26

We aim to constrain the dynamical masses of the four confirmed transiting planets orbiting the infant ( Myr) star V1298,Tau (orbital periods 24.1 d, 8.2…

astro-ph.EP2026

CHEOPS photometry from 2024 reveals a reversal in the transit-timing variations of AU Mic c

Z. Garai, Gy. M. Szabó, D. Gandolfi +90

We present new CHEOPS transit observations of AU Mic b and AU Mic c obtained between June and September 2024, extending the baseline of transit-timing measurements of this young pl…

astro-ph.EP2026

The GAPS programme at TNG: LXXVI. TOI-1533: a compact system hosting a super-Neptune-mass pair with disparate radii

G. Mantovan, V. Nascimbeni, S. Desidera +49

The present-day architecture of planetary systems contains information about their formation and migration histories. The origin of hot Jupiters (HJs, P 10 d, $R_{\rm p}…

astro-ph.EP2026

An Ultra-Short Period Super-Earth and a Sub-Neptune Orbiting the K dwarf TOI-4311

Yoshi Nike Emilia Eschen, Thomas G. Wilson, Andrew Collier Cameron +95

We report the discovery and characterisation of the multi-planetary system around TOI-4311, a K dwarf kinematically between the Galactic thick disk and Hercules stream. TOI-4311 ho…

astro-ph.EP2026

The PLATO field selection process III. Selection of the Prime Sample for the LOPS2 field

V. Nascimbeni, G. Piotto, V. Granata +30

The PLanetary Transits and Oscillations of stars (PLATO) mission will begin its four-year nominal mission in early 2027 by monitoring its Long-duration Observation Phase field at S…

astro-ph.EP2026

TOI-159 b: an eccentric hot-Jupiter planet around a young, pulsating Doradus star

G. Mantovan, A. Llancaqueo Albornoz, A. Psaridi +16

Fast-rotating hot stars are challenging targets for exoplanet searches due to rotational broadening and stellar variability. Moreover, hot stars often exhibit pulsations, an additi…

astro-ph.EP2026★ 2 cited

A tidally detached super Neptune on a strongly misaligned retrograde orbit

G. Mantovan, L. Malavolta, A. F. Lanza +18

The obliquity between a planet's orbital axis and its host star's spin axis provides crucial insights into planetary formation and migration. Planets with scaled semi-major axes ($…

astro-ph.EP2026★ 1 cited

The multi-planet system TOI-5624: Four transiting sub-Neptunes with an outer companion revealed by transit-timing variations

A. Bonfanti, D. Gandolfi, P. Leonardi +96

Following the 2022 alert of a TESS object of interest transiting TOI-5624 (a G7 V star 100 pc away), a CHEOPS campaign in 2023 detected four planetary signals at $P_b\approx3…

astro-ph.EP2026★ 2 cited

Assessment of PLATO Science Performance

Juan Cabrera, Heike Rauer, Reza Samadi +121

The PLATO mission is scheduled for launch early 2027. In this paper we present an overview of the performance drivers for the mission at the time where all flight models of the cam…

astro-ph.EP2026★ 1 cited

The PLATO Input Catalogue of targets (tPIC) for the first Long Pointing Field

M. Montalto, G. Piotto, P. M. Marrese +31

The ESA PLAnetary Transits and Oscillations of stars (PLATO) mission is designed to detect terrestrial planets in the habitable zones of solar-type stars. Owing to telemetry constr…

astro-ph.EP2026★ 1 cited

Gas-depleted planet formation occurred in the four-planet system around the red dwarf LHS 1903

Thomas G. Wilson, Anna M. Simpson, Andrew Collier Cameron +173

Small exoplanet radii show two populations, referred to as super-Earths and sub-Neptunes, separated by a gap known as the radius valley. This may be produced by the removal of atmo…

astro-ph.IM2025

Continuous Wide-Field Optical Monitoring for Very Early-Phase Transient Discovery

Massimo Della Valle, Maria Teresa Botticella, Enrico Cappellaro +40

The study of transient phenomena in a multimessenger context is expected to remain a major pillar of astrophysical discovery in the decades ahead. Supernovae, Kilonovae, Black-Hole…

astro-ph.SR2025

Selection and characterisation of the M-dwarf targets in the PLATO Input Catalogue

L. Prisinzano, M. Montalto, G. Piotto +33

The ESA's PLAnetary Transits and Oscillations of Stars (PLATO) mission aims to detect planets orbiting around dwarfs and subgiant stars with spectral type F5 or later, including M-…

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

HARPS-N, TESS, and CHEOPS discover a transiting sub-Neptune and two outer companions around the bright solar analogue HD 85426

F. Lienhard, A. Mortier, A. Collier Cameron +96

We provide a detailed characterisation of the planetary system orbiting HD 85426 (TOI-1774). This bright G-type star (: 0.99 ; : 1.13 $\text{R…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 3 cited

Transit Timing Variations in HIP 41378: CHEOPS and TESS confirm a non-transiting sixth planet in the system

P. Leonardi, L. Borsato, L. Pagliaro +89

In multiple-planet systems, gravitational interactions of exoplanets could lead to transit timing variations (TTVs), whose amplitude becomes significantly enhanced when planets are…

astro-ph.EP2025

An Ultra-Short Period Super-Earth and Sub-Neptune Spanning the Radius Valley Orbiting the Kinematic Thick Disk Star TOI-2345

Yoshi Nike Emilia Eschen, Thomas G. Wilson, Andrea Bonfanti +94

A crucial chemical link between stars and their orbiting exoplanets is thought to exist. If universal, this connection could affect the formation and evolution of all planets. Ther…

astro-ph.EP2025

A high geometric albedo and small size of the Haumea cluster member (24835) 1995 SM55 from a stellar occultation and photometric observations

J. L. Ortiz, N. Morales, B. Sicardy +98

Trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) are among the most ancient bodies of the solar system. Understanding their physical properties is key to constraining their origin and the evolution…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 1 cited

A four-planet system orbiting the old thick disk star TOI-1203

D. Gandolfi, A. Alnajjarine, L. M. Serrano +120

TOI-1203 is a bright (V=8.6) G3 V star known to host a transiting warm sub-Neptune on a 25.5 d orbit. Here we report on an intensive high-precision radial velocity and photometric…

astro-ph.EP2025

Improved characterization of the TOI-2141 system: a dense sub-Neptune with non-transiting inner and outer companions

R. Luque, K. W. F. Lam, J. Cabrera +87

We aim to refine the fundamental parameters of the TOI-2141 planetary system, which includes a transiting sub-Neptune orbiting a Sun-like star in a relatively long orbit of 18.26 d…

astro-ph.SR2025★ 3 cited

The Corona-Australis star-forming region: New insights on its formation history from detailed stellar and disk analysis

Elisabetta Rigliaco, Raffaele Gratton, Valerio Nascimbeni

The star-forming complex of Corona Australis (CrA) is one of the closest and most isolated molecular clouds. It belongs to a chain of clusters that show age gradients with distance…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 3 cited

The GAPS Programme at TNG. LXIX.The Dayside of WASP-76b revealed by GIANO-B, HARPS-N and ESPRESSO: Evidence for Three-Dimensional Atmospheric Effects

G. Guilluy, P. Giacobbe, M. Brogi +22

The study of the atmosphere of ultra-hot Jupiters (UHJs) with equilibrium temperature 2000 K provides valuable insights into atmospheric physics under such extreme conditions…