3 papers
astro-ph.EP2025
The HOSTS Survey: Suspected variable dust emission and constraints on companions around θ Boo
G. Garreau, D. Defrère, S. Ertel +23
During the HOSTS survey by the LBTI, an excess emission from the main sequence star θ Boo (F7V spectral type, 14.5pc distance) was observed. This excess indicates the presence of…
astro-ph.EP2025
WISE 12 micron search for exozodi candidates within 10 parsecs
Dong Huang, Qiong Liu, Mark C. Wyatt +1
The discovery of extra-terrestrial life is one of the ultimate goals for future exoplanet-seeking missions, with one major challenge being the presence of 'exozodiacal' dust near t…
astro-ph.EP2025
Subtle and Spectacular: Diverse White Dwarf Debris Disks Revealed by JWST
J. Farihi, K. Y. L. Su, C. Melis +5
This letter reports 12 novel spectroscopic detections of warm circumstellar dust orbiting polluted white dwarfs using JWST MIRI. The disks span two orders of magnitude in fractiona…