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  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 ...

  September 2024 News and research papers Hi Folks   Not too many papers this month that I’ve found but there are some really interesting ones well worth a read this month. The Earth having a ring was interesting. There was a look at F type stars I’m thinking Sirius here, perhaps below 2 solar masses and you could have a nice exo planet for life. There is also a look at the fauna of long lost NZ, and a reasonable explanation of the Neanderthals disappearing too, I’m thinking sure the ice ages numbers couldn’t have been too high.         A synchronous moon as a possible cause of Mars' initial triaxiality https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.14725   Short-timescale Spatial Variability of Ganymede's Optical Aurora https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/PSJ/ad49a2   Evidence suggesting that earth had a ring in the Ordovician https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012821X24004230   Nightside Clouds on Tidally-l...

 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 ...

  Astronomy research and news Items for May 2024   Hi Folks   This month there seems to be a lot of physics and cosmology papers. Make sure to watch the video of a journey into a Black Hole and there is an interesting update on the search for an outer Ice giant too. My own research suggests that atmospheres on Earth sized world’s receiving an Earths like steller flux, where the Red dwarf star is smaller than 25% the mass of the Sun is extremely unlikely. The paper looking at Trappist 1 here seem to confirm that finding too.   I hope everyone managed to see the Auroura the past month too one of the biggest solar storms in some time. I managed to snap a few Smartphone photos but it clouded over here around 7:30pm that evening.   Until next month enjoy the reading.   Multiring basin formation constrains Europa’s ice shell thickness https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adj8455     The evolution of a young ocean with...