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20242026
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9 papers

astro-ph.EP2026

GJ 523b is a Massive, 170 Myr-old Mega-Earth, Likely on a Polar Orbit

Maxwell A. Kroft, Thomas G. Beatty, Joseph M. Salzer +18

We use WIYN/NEID radial velocity measurements to confirm the planetary nature and measure the mass of the TESS transiting exoplanet candidate around the mid-K dwarf GJ 523 ($V=9.23…

astro-ph.EP2026

TESS Hunt for Young and Maturing Exoplanets (THYME) XIV: A Comoving-Based Age Constraint for KELT-20

Adam Distler, Melinda Soares-Furtado, Andrew W. Mann +9

Young stellar moving groups offer unique opportunities to investigate the early evolution of stellar and planetary systems. In continuation of an ongoing effort to age-date compell…

astro-ph.HE2025

Mean Motion Resonances in AGN Disks

Marguerite Epstein-Martin, Nicholas Stone, Juliette Becker

Mean motion resonances (MMRs) are a generic outcome of convergent migration for bodies embedded in accretion disks around a central mass. Long studied in planetary systems, the sam…

astro-ph.EP2025

THYME XIII: Two young Neptunes orbiting a 75-Myr star in the Alpha Persei Cluster

Anne Dattilo, Andrew M. Vanderburg, Madyson G. Barber +28

Young planets with mass measurements are particularly valuable in studying atmospheric mass-loss processes, but these planets are rare and their masses difficult to measure due to…

astro-ph.EP2025

Why M-dwarf flares have limited impact on the atmospheric evaporation of sub-Neptunes and Earth-sized planets

Andrea Caldiroli, Francesco Haardt, Elena Gallo +4

M-type stars are prime targets for exoplanet searches within their habitable zones (HZs). These stars also exhibit significant magnetic flaring activity, particularly during their…

astro-ph.EP2025

Tides Tighten the Hycean Habitable Zone

Joseph R. Livesey, Juliette Becker, Susanna L. Widicus Weaver

Hycean planets -- exoplanets with substantial water ice layers, deep surface oceans, and hydrogen-rich atmospheres -- are thought to be favorable environments for life. Due to a re…