JWST TRAPPIST-1 e/b Program: Motivation and first observations

Kavli Affiliate: Sara Seager | Summary:One of the forefront goals in the field of exoplanets is the detection of an atmosphere on a temperate terrestrial exoplanet, and among the best suited systems to do so is TRAPPIST-1. However, JWST transit observations of the TRAPPIST-1 planets show significant contamination from stellar surface features that we are […]


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SPHEREx Pre-Perihelion Mapping of $mathrmH_2O$, $mathrmCO_2$, and $mathrmCO$ in Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS

Kavli Affiliate: James Bock | Summary:From 01- to 15-Aug-2025UT, the SPHEREx spacecraft observed interstellar object 3I/ATLAS. Using $R=40-130$ spectrophotometry at $λ=0.7-5$ $μ$m, light curves, spectra, and imaging of ATLAS were obtained. From these, robust detections of water gas emission at $2.7-2.8$ $μ$m and $CO_2$ gas at $4.23-4.27$ $μ$m plus tentative detections of $^13CO_2$ and $CO$ […]


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SPHEREx Pre-Perihelion Mapping of $mathrmH_2O$, $mathrmCO_2$, and $mathrmCO$ in Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS

Kavli Affiliate: James Bock | Summary:From 01- to 15-Aug-2025 UT, the SPHEREx spacecraft observed interstellar object 3I/ATLAS. Using $R = 40$-$130$ spectrophotometry at $λ= 0.7$-$5μ$m, light curves, spectra, and imaging of 3I were obtained. From these, robust detections of water gas emission at $2.7$-$2.8,μ$m and CO$_2$ gas at $4.23$-$4.27,μ$m plus tentative detections of $^13$CO$_2$ and […]


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Systematic bias due to eccentricity in parameter estimation for merging binary neutron stars : spinning case

Kavli Affiliate: Hsiao-Mei (Sherry) Cho| First 5 Authors: [#item_custom_name[1, [#item_custom_name[2, [#item_custom_name[3, [#item_custom_name[4, [#item_custom_name[5| Summary:In our previous work [Phys. Rev. D bf 105. 124022 (2022)], we studied the impact of eccentricity on gravitational-wave parameter estimation for a nonspinning binary neutron star (BNS) system. We here extend the work to a more realistic case by including the […]


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PICKT: Practical Interlinked Concept Knowledge Tracing for Personalized Learning using Knowledge Map Concept Relations

Kavli Affiliate: Hsiao-Mei (Sherry) Cho| First 5 Authors: [#item_custom_name[1, [#item_custom_name[2, [#item_custom_name[3, [#item_custom_name[4, [#item_custom_name[5| Summary:With the recent surge in personalized learning, Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS) that can accurately track students’ individual knowledge states and provide tailored learning paths based on this information are in demand as an essential task. This paper focuses on the core technology […]


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Learning decouples accuracy and reaction time for rapid decisions in a transitive inference task

Kavli Affiliate: Vincent Ferrera | Authors: Fabian A Munoz Silva, Greg Jensen, Maxwell Shinn, Yelda Alkan, John Murray, Herbert Terrace and Vincent P Ferrera | Summary: Transitive inference (TI) is a cognitive process in which decisions are guided by internal representations of abstract relationships. While the mechanisms underlying transitive learning have been well studied, the […]


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TOI-7166 b: A Habitable Zone mini-Neptune planet around a nearby low-mass star

Kavli Affiliate: Avi Shporer | Summary:We present the discovery and validation of TOI-7166b, a 2.01+/-0.05R_Earth planet orbiting a nearby low-mass star. We validated the planet by combining TESS and multi-color high-precision photometric observations from ground-based telescopes, together with spectroscopic data, high-contrast imaging, archival images, and statistical arguments. The host star is an M4-type dwarf at […]


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Multicolour Validation of Two Temperate Mini-Neptunes Around M-dwarf Habitable Zones

Kavli Affiliate: Avi Shporer | Summary:For small planets orbiting within the habitable zones of their host stars, multicolour validation via photometric transit observations offers an efficient alternative to prioritize targets before intensive radial-velocity follow-up, thereby expanding the sample of habitable-zone exoplanets amenable for atmospheric characterisation. In this study, we validate two exceptional habitable-zone TESS candidates, […]


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Multicolour Validation of Two Temperate Mini-Neptunes Around M-dwarf Habitable Zones

Kavli Affiliate: Avi Shporer | Summary:For small planets orbiting within the habitable zones of their host stars, multicolour validation via photometric transit observations offers an efficient alternative to prioritize targets before intensive radial-velocity follow-up, thereby expanding the sample of habitable-zone exoplanets amenable for atmospheric characterisation. In this study, we validate two exceptional habitable-zone TESS candidates, […]


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What Galaxy Clusters Have to Say About Dynamical Dark Energy and $H_0$

Kavli Affiliate: Eli Rykoff | Summary:We show that, in flat $Λ$CDM, low-redshift structure probes — cluster abundances, 3$times$2-point analyses, and full-shape clustering — are mutually consistent, jointly delivering precise constraints on $σ_8$ and $Ω_rm m$ that agree with geometrical datasets (CMB+BAO+SN). In $w_0w_a$CDM, adding clusters to the geometry dataset reduces the evidence for evolving dark […]


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