Determining the internal structure of Uranus is a key objective for planetary science. Knowledge of Uranus’s bulk composition and the distribution of elements is crucial to understanding its origin and […]
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Conducting High Frequency Radio SETI Using ALMA
The Atacama Millimeter/Submillimeter Array (ALMA) remains unparalleled in sensitivity at radio frequencies above 35 GHz.
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Anomaly Detection and RFI Classification with Unsupervised Learning in Narrowband Radio Technosignature Searches
The search for radio technosignatures is an anomaly detection problem: candidate signals represent needles of interest in the proverbial haystack of radio-frequency interference (RFI).
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Database Design for SpExoDisks: A Database & Web Portal for Spectra of Exoplanet-Forming Disks
Data access — or the availability of new and archival data for use by the larger community — is key for scientific advancement.
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The Last Arecibo Message
The Arecibo Message was a brief binary-encoded communication transmitted into space from the Arecibo Observatory on November 16, 1974, intended to demonstrate human technological prowess.
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Database of Candidate Targets for the LIFE Mission
We present the database of potential targets for the Large Interferometer For Exoplanets (LIFE), a space-based mid-infrared nulling interferometer mission proposed for the Voyage 2050 science program of the European […]
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Kilometer-baseline Interferometry: Science Drivers For The Next Generation Instrument
Infrared interferometry has seen a revolution over the last few years. The advent of GRAVITY+ is about to enable high-contrast observations, all-sky coverage and faint science up to K=21, with […]
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easyCHEM: A Python Package For Calculating Chemical Equilibrium Abundances In Exoplanet Atmospheres
For modeling the spectra of exoplanets one must know their atmospheric composition. This is necessary because the abundance of molecules, atoms, ions and condensates is needed to construct the total […]
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Flow Matching for Atmospheric Retrieval of Exoplanets: Where Reliability meets Adaptive Noise Levels
Inferring atmospheric properties of exoplanets from observed spectra is key to understanding their formation, evolution, and habitability.
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POSEIDON: A Multidimensional Atmospheric Retrieval Code for Exoplanet Spectra
Spectroscopic observations of exoplanet atmospheres can reveal the chemical composition, temperature, cloud properties, and (potentially) the habitability of these distant worlds. The inference of such properties is generally enabled by […]