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ArchNEMESIS is an open-source Python package developed for the analysis of remote sensing spectroscopic observations of planetary atmospheres. It is based on the widely used NEMESIS radiative transfer and retrieval tool, which has been…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-07-29 Juan Alday , Joseph Penn , Patrick G. J. Irwin , Jonathon P. Mason , Jingxuan Yang

A thermodynamic model for the generation of magnetic fields in the planets is proposed, considering crossed effects between gravitational and electric forces. The magnetic field of the Earth is estimated and found to be in agreement with…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 F. X. Alvarez

Planetary magnetic fields are important indicators of planetary processes and evolution, from a planet's outer core to its surface (if it possesses one) to its atmosphere and near-space environment. Magnetic fields are most directly…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2024-04-25 David A. Brain , Melodie M. Kao , Joseph G. O'Rourke

New tools are needed to handle the growth of data in astrophysics delivered by recent and upcoming surveys. We aim to build open-source, light, flexible, and interactive software designed to visualize extensive three-dimensional (3D)…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-04-26 M. Argudo-Fernández , S. Duarte Puertas , J. E. Ruiz , J. Sabater , S. Verley , G. Bergond

We describe a software package called VPLanet that simulates fundamental aspects of planetary system evolution over Gyr timescales, with a focus on investigating habitable worlds. In this initial release, eleven physics modules are included…

The lack of open-source tools for hyperspectral data visualization and analysiscreates a demand for new tools. In this paper we present the new PlanetServer,a set of tools comprising a web Geographic Information System (GIS) and arecently…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2017-10-17 R. Marco Figuera , B. Pham Huu , A. P. Rossi , M. Minin , J. Flahaut , A. Halder

Most of the visible matter in the Universe is ionized, so that cosmic magnetic fields are quite easy to generate and due to the lack of magnetic monopoles hard to destroy. Magnetic fields have been measured in or around practically all…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-10-06 Rainer Beck , Richard Wielebinski

We introduce PyMGal, a Python package for generating optical mock observations of galaxies from hydrodynamical simulations. PyMGal reads the properties of stellar particles from these simulations and generates spectral energy distributions…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-07-02 Patrick Janulewicz , Weiguang Cui

This is a companion Focus Demonstration article to the PyMUSE python package, demonstrating its usage and utilities for VLT/MUSE data analysis, that include a wide range of options for spectra extractions, the creation of different types of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-03-20 Ismael Pessa , Nicolas Tejos , Cristobal Moya

We present the description of the project \texttt{SCORPIO}, a Python package for retrieving images and associated data of galaxy pairs based on their position, facilitating visual analysis and data collation of multiple archetypal systems.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-11-09 Jose A. Benavides , Martín Chalela , Juan B. Cabral , Bruno O. Sánchez , Sebastian Gurovich

A convenient representation of the structure of the large-scale galactic magnetic field is required for the interpretation of polarization data in the sub-mm and radio ranges, in both the Milky Way and external galaxies. We develop a simple…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-03-14 Anvar Shukurov , Luiz Felippe S. Rodrigues , Paul J. Bushby , James Hollins , Jorg P. Rachen

Montage is a portable software toolkit for constructing custom, science-grade mosaics by composing multiple astronomical images. The mosaics constructed by Montage preserve the astrometry (position) and photometry (intensity) of the sources…

Understanding astrophysical and cosmological processes can be challenging due to their complexity and lack of intuitive analogies. To address this, we present \texttt{AstronomyCalc}, a Python package specifically designed to aid…

Physics Education · Physics 2025-11-26 Sambit K. Giri

Exoplanet science often involves using the system parameters of real exoplanets for tasks such as simulations, fitting routines, and target selection for proposals. Several exoplanet catalogues are already well established but often lack a…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2016-09-21 Ryan Varley

We aim at facilitating the visualization of astrophysical data for several tasks, such as uncovering patterns, presenting results to the community, and facilitating the understanding of complex physical relationships to the public. We…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-04-01 PASTA Collaboration , N. Borghi , E. Ceccarelli , A. Della Croce , L. Leuzzi , L. Rosignoli , A. Traina

In recent years, numerical simulations have become indispensable for addressing complex astrophysical problems. The MagnetoHydroDynamics (MHD) framework represents a key tool for investigating the dynamical evolution of astrophysical…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-18 Giancarlo Mattia , Daniele Crocco , David Melon Fuksman , Matteo Bugli , Vittoria Berta , Eleonora Puzzoni , Andrea Mignone , Bhargav Vaidya

Spectropolarimetry, the observation of polarization and intensity as a function of wavelength, is a powerful tool in stellar astrophysics. It is particularly useful for characterizing stars and circumstellar material, and for tracing the…

The increasing number and complexity of planetary exploration space missions require new tools to access, visualize and analyse data to improve their scientific return. ASI Science Data Center (ASDC) addresses this request with the web-tool…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-03-18 Angelo Zinzi , Maria Teresa Capria , Ernesto Palomba , Paolo Giommi , Lucio Angelo Antonelli

We present a Python code for calculating and displaying magnetic field extrapolations from given two-dimensional boundary conditions, specifically from solar surface magnetograms. The code implements analytical magnetohydrostatic models…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-13 Lilli Nadol , Thomas Neukirch

Filtergraph is a web application being developed by the Vanderbilt Initiative in Data-intensive Astrophysics (VIDA) to flexibly handle a large variety of astronomy datasets. While current datasets at Vanderbilt are being used to search for…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2012-12-21 Dan Burger , Keivan G. Stassun , Joshua Pepper , Robert J. Siverd , Martin A. Paegert , Nathan M. De Lee
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