News and research papers for Feb 2026
Research papers
The size and shape of Jupiter
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-026-02777-x.epd
Origin of Hyperion and Saturn's Rings in A Two-Stage Saturnian System Instability
https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.09281
Slope lineae as potential indicators of recent volatile loss on Mercury
https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-025-03146-8
The chemical habitability of Earth and rocky planets prescribed by core formation
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-026-02775-z
A Cool Earth-sized Planet Candidate Transiting a Tenth Magnitude K-dwarf From K2
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/adf06f
Capture into Apsidal Resonance and the Decimation of Planets around Inspiraling Binaries
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ae21d8
A Narrowband Technosignature Search Toward the Hycean Candidate K2-18b
https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.09553
Bright [C II]158 µm Streamers as a Beacon for Giant Galaxy Formation
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ae2ff0
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Interesting News items
Discovery Alert: An Ice-Cold Earth?
https://science.nasa.gov/universe/exoplanets/discovery-alert-an-ice-cold-earth/
NASA’S JUNO MISSION REDEFINES SIZE, SHAPE OF JUPITER
https://www.missionjuno.swri.edu/news/nasa-s-juno-mission-redefines-size-shape-of-jupiter
Strange streaks hint at active world
https://earthsky.org/space/mercury-not-dead-planet-strange-streaks-lineae/
Looking For Advanced Aliens? Search For Exoplanets With Large Coal Deposits
Super-Jupiters Challenge Planet Size Limits
Super-Jupiters Challenge Planet Size Limits
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