Models of the spectra of Neptune-like exoplanets show that this class of planets tends to have high atmospheric metallicity and low sedimentation efficiency (i.e., the clouds tended to remain fluffy rather than compact).

Simulations of high-resolution observations of an ultra-hot Jupiter suggest that this planet’s atmosphere is variable, changing on a timescale of five of its days, and experiences the formation of storms and fronts.

An investigation into galaxies that host tidal disruption events suggests that these galaxies preferentially have lower-mass supermassive black holes and may be post-merger galaxies.

Modeling shows that auroras on planets orbiting pulsars may be detectable with current instruments; such a detection would allow us to probe the atmospheres of pulsar planets as well as study the pulsar wind in detail.

Planets detected via gravitational microlensing might either be at very wide separations from their host stars or lack host stars entirely; a search for the hosts of five such planets found no associated stars.

Laboratory experiments show that critical components for life could have reached concentrations high enough to form the building blocks of DNA and RNA in warm ponds on early Earth.