The advent of radial velocity (RV) and transit photometry method has resulted in the
detection of more than 5000 exoplanets since 1995. Of these detected planets, a significant …

Rocky planet compositions regulate planetary evolution by affecting core sizes, mantle
properties, and melting behaviors. Yet, quantitative treatments of this aspect of exoplanet …

Context. With the advent of JWST, we are acquiring unprecedented insights into the physical
and chemical structure of the inner regions of planet-forming disks where terrestrial planet …

Despite more than one hundred years of work on organosilicon chemistry, the basis for the
plausibility of silicon-based life has never been systematically addressed nor objectively …

Billion atom molecular dynamics (MD) using quantum-accurate machine-learning Spectral
Neighbor Analysis Potential (SNAP) observed long-sought high pressure BC8 phase of …

ABSTRACT A major goal in the discovery and characterization of exoplanets is to identify
terrestrial-type worlds that are similar to (or otherwise distinct from) our Earth. Recent results …

The timing and mechanism by which the present-day inventory of life-essential volatiles
hydrogen–carbon–nitrogen–sulfur (H–C–N–S) in the bulk silicate Earth (BSE) was …

In Lammer et al.(2024), we defined Earth-like habitats (EHs) as rocky exoplanets within the
habitable zone of complex life (HZCL) on which Earth-like N2-O2-dominated atmospheres …

Methane is a promising gaseous biosignature on rocky exoplanets, given a suitable context.
Establishing the robustness of methane biosignatures on rocky exoplanets requires …

For rocky exoplanets, knowledge of their geologic characteristics such as composition and
mineralogy, surface recycling mechanisms, and volcanic behavior are key to determining …