Dynamics and clouds in planetary atmospheres from telescopic observations

A Sánchez-Lavega, P Irwin, A García Muñoz - The Astronomy and …, 2023 - Springer
This review presents an insight into our current knowledge of the atmospheres of the planets
Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, the satellite Titan, and those of …

Phosphine as a biosignature gas in exoplanet atmospheres

C Sousa-Silva, S Seager, S Ranjan, JJ Petkowski… - Astrobiology, 2020 - liebertpub.com
A long-term goal of exoplanet studies is the identification and detection of biosignature
gases. Beyond the most discussed biosignature gas O2, only a handful of gases have been …

Concepts for future missions to search for technosignatures

H Socas-Navarro, J Haqq-Misra, JT Wright… - Acta Astronautica, 2021 - Elsevier
New and unique opportunities now exist to look for technosignatures (TS) beyond traditional
SETI radio searches, motivated by tremendous advances in exoplanet science and …

A 25-micrometer single-photon-sensitive kinetic inductance detector

PK Day, NF Cothard, C Albert, L Foote, E Kane… - Physical Review X, 2024 - APS
We report measurements characterizing the performance of a kinetic inductance detector
array designed for a wavelength of 25 microns and very low optical background level …

Vertically Resolved Magma Ocean–Protoatmosphere Evolution: H2, H2O, CO2, CH4, CO, O2, and N2 as Primary Absorbers

T Lichtenberg, DJ Bower, M Hammond… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The earliest atmospheres of rocky planets originate from extensive volatile release during
magma ocean epochs that occur during assembly of the planet. These establish the initial …

Large Interferometer For Exoplanets (LIFE)-V. Diagnostic potential of a mid-infrared space interferometer for studying Earth analogs

E Alei, BS Konrad, D Angerhausen, JL Grenfell… - Astronomy & …, 2022 - aanda.org
Context. An important future goal in exoplanetology is to detect and characterize potentially
habitable planets. Concepts for future space missions have already been proposed: from a …

Earth as a Transiting Exoplanet: A Validation of Transmission Spectroscopy and Atmospheric Retrieval Methodologies for Terrestrial Exoplanets

J Lustig-Yaeger, VS Meadows, D Crisp… - The Planetary …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) will enable the search for and
characterization of terrestrial exoplanet atmospheres in the habitable zone via transmission …

Searching for technosignatures in exoplanetary systems with current and future missions

J Haqq-Misra, EW Schwieterman, H Socas-Navarro… - Acta Astronautica, 2022 - Elsevier
Technosignatures refer to observational manifestations of technology that could be detected
through astronomical means. Most previous searches for technosignatures have focused on …

Oxygen False Positives on Habitable Zone Planets Around Sun‐Like Stars

J Krissansen‐Totton, JJ Fortney, F Nimmo… - AGU …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Oxygen is a promising exoplanet biosignature due to the evolutionary advantage conferred
by harnessing starlight for photosynthesis, and the apparent low likelihood of maintaining …

Large Interferometer For Exoplanets (LIFE)-X. Detectability of currently known exoplanets and synergies with future IR/O/UV reflected-starlight imaging missions

Ó Carrión-González, J Kammerer… - Astronomy & …, 2023 - aanda.org
Context. The next generation of space-based observatories will characterize the
atmospheres of low-mass, temperate exoplanets with the direct-imaging technique. This will …