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Research papers and News items for November 2024

  Research papers and news items for November 2024 Hi everyone some interesting research out this month to read through. Ive just finished reading the S&T article about exoplanet atmospheres, a very good look at what planets can have atmospheres.     Research papers   The impact of the cosmological constant on past and future star formation https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/535/2/1449/7896079     Making Habitable Worlds Planets Versus Megastructures https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.06562     Astronomical engineering a strategy for modifying planetary orbits https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0102126     Three Diverging Tales of Planetary Habitability and Windows to Earth's Past and Future https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.01150       Haasttse-baad Tessera Ring Complex A Valhalla-Type Impact Structure on Venus? https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2023JE008256 ...
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 August 2024 News and research papers. Hi Folks   It’s been a stormy night here, and I found myself reading up on the latest research from New Horizons, providing insight to how dark the universe is. There was also an interesting one tonight regarding galactic Seti and looking beyond out milky way. Juice also made a flyby recently, on its way to Jupiter.   I’ve noted down a number of other interesting ones too below for you to read.     Tonight’s storm! https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/526692/weather-storms-lightning-and-heavy-rain-dampen-weekend     Research papers   Climatic Effects of Ocean Salinity on M Dwarf Exoplanets https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.04754       Radiolytic Effects on Biological and Abiotic Amino Acids in Shallow Subsurface Ices on Europa and Enceladus https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/full/10.1089/ast.2023.0120     A diamond-bearing core-mantle boundary on Mercury ...
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April 2023 News research and starcharts

Hi everyone   The three big events this month have to be the Solar eclipse in Exomouth in WA some amazing photos from that event. The launch of Starship and the Juice mission to Jupiter are also big events. There isn’t as many papers this month that I have managed to find and read but some interesting reading none the less.         Research papers     Science opportunities with solar sailing smallsats https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.14917       Interstellar Objects https://arxiv.org/abs/2304.00568       An Astronomers Guide to Machine Learning https://arxiv.org/abs/2304.00512       A Morphological and Spatial Analysis of Volcanoes on Venus https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023JE007753         Mid-latitudinal habitable environment for marine eukaryotes during the waning stage of the Marinoan snowball glaciation h...
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