The Via Project is a planned five-year dual-hemisphere spectroscopic survey targeting over 2 million stars with 100 m/s RV stability and transient spectroscopy to r~24 using instruments on MMT and Magellan/Clay telescopes starting in 2027.
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Validation of a 135 Myr, 3.6 R_E transiting planet with aligned obliquity and TTV evidence for a near-resonant companion.
TOI-4311 hosts a 0.99-day super-Earth (1.38 R_earth, 4.5 M_earth) and 15-day sub-Neptune (2.47 R_earth), plus a candidate 38-day planet, with the dense inner planet potentially challenging formation theories given the host's galactic population.
Young M dwarf flares exert greater chemical stress on primordial exo-Earth atmospheres than previous models, with potential for lasting changes in mixing ratios especially for low-abundance species.
TOI-1710 b has a true obliquity of 149 degrees indicating retrograde motion, favoring high-eccentricity migration via planet-planet scattering and Kozai-Lidov cycles for this tidally detached super-Neptune.
Observational analysis of 85 FGK stars yields X-ray luminosity and temperature relations with age, confirming t^{-1.5} decay in soft band while noting increased scatter in harder band at older ages.
Tentative evidence for a super-Jupiter at 15-100 AU or brown dwarf at 20-170 AU in 51 Pegasi from RV curvature, but the signal is likely driven by Lick/Hamilton instrument drift.
Collates archival stellar activity and rotation data for potential HWO targets, finding measurements for at least 70% of high-interest systems but activity cycles for fewer than 20%.
The HAges catalog compiles published asteroseismic and gyrochronological ages for 659 HWO target stars, finding that only ~5% have asteroseismic ages and ~20% have gyrochronal ages.
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The Via Project: Overview of the Science, Instrument, and Survey
The Via Project is a planned five-year dual-hemisphere spectroscopic survey targeting over 2 million stars with 100 m/s RV stability and transient spectroscopy to r~24 using instruments on MMT and Magellan/Clay telescopes starting in 2027.
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Stellar Obliquities of Young Systems, Atmospheres Undergoing Contraction and Escape (SOYSAUCE) II: a 135 Myr planet on an aligned orbit with transit timing variations
Validation of a 135 Myr, 3.6 R_E transiting planet with aligned obliquity and TTV evidence for a near-resonant companion.
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An Ultra-Short Period Super-Earth and a Sub-Neptune Orbiting the K dwarf TOI-4311
TOI-4311 hosts a 0.99-day super-Earth (1.38 R_earth, 4.5 M_earth) and 15-day sub-Neptune (2.47 R_earth), plus a candidate 38-day planet, with the dense inner planet potentially challenging formation theories given the host's galactic population.
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Stellar flare-driven evolution of primordial early exo-Earth atmospheres: Insights from a Young M Dwarf Flare model
Young M dwarf flares exert greater chemical stress on primordial exo-Earth atmospheres than previous models, with potential for lasting changes in mixing ratios especially for low-abundance species.
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A tidally detached super Neptune on a strongly misaligned retrograde orbit
TOI-1710 b has a true obliquity of 149 degrees indicating retrograde motion, favoring high-eccentricity migration via planet-planet scattering and Kozai-Lidov cycles for this tidally detached super-Neptune.
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X-ray Emission and Stellar Ages of Sun-Like Stars
Observational analysis of 85 FGK stars yields X-ray luminosity and temperature relations with age, confirming t^{-1.5} decay in soft band while noting increased scatter in harder band at older ages.
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An Outer Giant Planet or Brown Dwarf in the 51 Pegasi System?
Tentative evidence for a super-Jupiter at 15-100 AU or brown dwarf at 20-170 AU in 51 Pegasi from RV curvature, but the signal is likely driven by Lick/Hamilton instrument drift.
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HWO Target Stars and Systems: Activity and Rotation Catalog (ARC) of Potential Target Stars for the Habitable Worlds Observatory
Collates archival stellar activity and rotation data for potential HWO targets, finding measurements for at least 70% of high-interest systems but activity cycles for fewer than 20%.
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The HAges Catalog: Stellar Ages for High Priority HWO Target Stars
The HAges catalog compiles published asteroseismic and gyrochronological ages for 659 HWO target stars, finding that only ~5% have asteroseismic ages and ~20% have gyrochronal ages.