Planet Proxima Centauri b

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  MNRAS , 498 , 3658
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  2020 SUISSA G., MANDELL A., WOLF E., VILLANUEVA G., FAUCHEZ Th. & KOPPARAPU R.
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  2020 SALAZAR A., OLSON S., KOMACEK Th., STEPHENS H. & ABBOT D.
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• EvryFlare III: Temperature Evolution and Habitability Impacts of Dozens of Superflares Observed Simultaneously by Evryscope and TESS

  2020 HOWARD W., CORBELT H., LAW N., RATZLOFF J., GALLIHER N. et al.
  ApJ , 902 , 115
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• The Single-mode Complex Amplitude Refinement (SCAR) coronagraph: II. Lab verification, and toward the characterization of Proxima b

  2020 HAFFERT S., POR E., KELLER C., KENWORTHY M., DOELMAN D., SNIK F. & ESCUTI M.
  Astron. & Astrophys. , 635 , A56
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• Impact of Space Weather on Climate and Habitability of Terrestrial Type Exoplanets

  2020 AIRAPETIAN V., BARNES R., COHEN O., COLLINSON G., DANCHI W. et al.
  Int. J. Astrobiol. , 19 , 136
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• Risks for Life on Proxima b from Sterilizing Asteroid Impacts

  2020 SIRAJ A. & LOEB A.
  Plan. Sci. J. , 1 , 86
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• Diverse outcomes of planet formation and composition around low-mass stars and brown dwarfs

  2020 MIGUEL Y., CRIDLAND A., ORMEL C., FORTNEY J. & IDA S.
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• Temporal changes of the flare activity of Proxima Cen

  2019 PAVLENKO Y., SUAREZ MASCARENO A., ZAPATERO OSORIO M., REBOLO R. , LODIEU N. et al.
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• A Multi-Year Search For Transits Of Proxima Centauri. II: No Evidence For Transit Events With Periods Between 1-30 Days

  2019 FELIZ D., BLANK D., COLLINS K., WHITE G., STASSUN K. et al.
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• Directly testing gravity with Proxima Centauri

  2019 BANIK I. & KROUPA P.
  MNRAS , 487 , 1653
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• High Resolution Spectroscopy and High Contrast Imaging with the ELT : looking for O2 in Proxima b

  2019 HAWKER G. & PARRY I.
  MNRAS , 484 , 4849
  paper  arxiv  

• Dynamical evolution and stability maps of the Proxima Centauri system

  2019 MENG T., JI J. & DONG Y.
  MNRAS , 482 , 372
  paper  arxiv  

• Impact of Stellar Superflares on Planetary Habitability

  2019 YAMASHIKI Y., MAEHARA H., AIRAPETIAN V., NOTSU Y., SATO T. et al.
  ApJ , accepted
  arxiv  

• Characterizing Exoplanet Habitability

  2019 KOPPARAPU R., WOLF E. & MEADOWS V.
  Book chapter for "Planetary Astrobiology"
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• Bias and robustness of eccentricity estimates from radial velocity data

  2019 HARA N., BOUE G., LASKAR J., DELISLE J. & UNGER N.
  MNRAS , 489 , 738
  paper  arxiv  

• Planetary Magnetic Field Control of Ion Escape from Weakly Magnetized Planets

  2019 EGAN H., JARVINEN I., MA Y. & BRAIN D.
  MNRAS , 488 , 2108
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• Habitable Climate Scenarios for Proxima Centauri b With a Dynamic Ocean

  2019 DEL GENIO A., WAY M., AMUNDSEN D., ALEINOV I., KELLEY M. et al.
  Astrobiology , 19 , 99
  paper  arxiv  

• Stellar and substellar companions of nearby stars from Gaia DR2 - Binarity from proper motion anomaly

  2019 KERVELLA P., ARENOU F., MIGNARD F. & THÉVENIN F.
  Astron. & Astrophys. , 623 , A72
  paper   arxiv

• Estimating Planetary Mass with Deep Learning

  2019 TASKER E., LANEUVILLE M. & GUTTENBERG N.
  Astron. J. , accepted

• Surface Imaging of Proxima b and Other Exoplanets: Albedo Maps, Biosignatures, and Technosignatures

  2019 BERDYUGINA S. & KUHN J.
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• RefPlanets: Search for reflected light from extra-solar planets with SPHERE/ZIMPOL

  2019 HUNZIKER S., SCHMID H., MOUILLET D., MILLI J., ZURIO A. et al.
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• Flaring activity of Proxima Centauri from TESS observations: quasi-periodic oscillations during flare decay and inferences on the habitability of Proxima b

  2019 VIDA K., OLAH K., KOVARI Zs., van DRIEL-GESZTELYI L. & MOOR A.
  ApJ , 884 , 160
  paper  arxiv  

• NEAR: First Results from the Search for Low-Mass ­Planets in a Cen

  2019 KASPER M., ARSENAULT R., KÄFT U., JAKOB G., LEVERATTO S. et al.
  The Messenger , 178 , 5
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• Observation of a possible superflare on Proxima Centauri

  2019 KIELKOPF J., HART Rh., CARTER B. & MARSDEN S.
  MNRAS , 486 , L31
  paper  arxiv  

• Searching for Atmospheric Bioindicators in Planets around the Two Nearby Stars, Proxima Centauri and Epsilon Eridani—Test Cases for Retrieval of Atmospheric Gases with Infrared Spectroscopy

  2019 LEGER A., DEFRERE D., GARCIA MUÑOZ A., GODOLT M., GRENFELL J., et al.
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• Model of the Search For Extraterrestrial Intelligence with Coronagraphic Imaging

  2019 VIDES Ch., MACINTOSH B., BINDER B., DE ROSA R., RUFFIO J.-B. & SAVRANSKY D.
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• Proxima Centauri b is not a transiting exoplanet

  2019 JENKINS J., HARRINGTON J., CHALLENER R., KURTOVIC N., RAMIREZ R. et al.
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• Transition from eyeball to snowball driven by sea-ice drift on tidally locked terrestrial planets

  2019 YANG J., JI W. & ZENG Y.
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• The First Naked-Eye Superflare Detected from Proxima Centauri

  2018 HOWARD W., TILLEY M., CORBETT H., YOUNGWOOD A., PARKE LOYD R. et al.
  ApJ. Letters , 860 , L30
  paper  arxiv  

• Exoplanet Terra Incognita

  2018 BERDYUGINA S., KUHN J., BELIKOV R. & TUTYSHEV S.
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• The Breakthrough Starshot System Model

  2018 PARKIN K.
  Acta Astronaut. , 152 , 370
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• The chemical composition of α Cen AB revisited

  2018 MOREL Th.
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  arxiv  

• The Breakthrough Starshot System Model

  2018 PARKIN K.
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• Computing the minimal crew for a multi-generational space travel towards Proxima Centauri b

  2018 MARIN F. & BELUFFI C.
  JBIS , accepted
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• Habitability of exoplanet waterworlds

  2018 KITE E. & FORD E.
  ApJ , 864 , 75
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• Direct detection and characterization of M-dwarf planets using light echoes

  2018 SPARKS W., WHITE R., LUPU R. & FORD H.
  ApJ , 854 , 134
  paper  arxiv  

• Was Proxima captured by alpha Centauri A and B?

  2018 FENG F. & JONES H.
  MNRAS , 473 , 3185
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• Optical Detection of Lasers with Near-term Technology at Interstellar Distances

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