Rocky planets are common around other stars, but their atmospheric properties remain
largely unconstrained. Thanks to a wealth of recent planet discoveries and upcoming …

Finding life on exoplanets from telescopic observations is an ultimate goal of exoplanet
science. Life produces gases and other substances, such as pigments, which can have …

Seven rocky planets orbit the nearby dwarf star TRAPPIST-1, providing a unique opportunity
to search for atmospheres on small planets outside the Solar System. Thanks to the recent …

Abstract The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) will offer the first opportunity to
characterize terrestrial exoplanets with sufficient precision to identify high mean molecular …

Most known terrestrial planets orbit small stars with radii less than 60 per cent of that of the
Sun,. Theoretical models predict that these planets are more vulnerable to atmospheric loss …

M dwarf stars, which have masses less than 60 per cent that of the Sun, make up 75 per cent
of the population of the stars in the Galaxy. The atmospheres of orbiting Earth-sized planets …

Nine transiting Earth-sized planets have recently been discovered around nearby late-M
dwarfs, including the TRAPPIST-1 planets and two planets discovered by the MEarth survey …

We demonstrate that the deep volatile storage capacity of magma oceans has significant
implications for the bulk composition, interior, and climate state inferred from exoplanet mass …

A key legacy of the recently launched the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
mission will be to provide the astronomical community with many of the best transiting …

Massive and water-rich planets should be ubiquitous in the universe. Many of these worlds
are expected to be subject to important irradiation from their host star, and display …