Exoplanet biosignatures: a review of remotely detectable signs of life

EW Schwieterman, NY Kiang, MN Parenteau… - Astrobiology, 2018 - liebertpub.com
In the coming years and decades, advanced space-and ground-based observatories will
allow an unprecedented opportunity to probe the atmospheres and surfaces of potentially …

The habitability of planets orbiting M-dwarf stars

AL Shields, S Ballard, JA Johnson - Physics Reports, 2016 - Elsevier
The prospects for the habitability of M-dwarf planets have long been debated, due to key
differences between the unique stellar and planetary environments around these low-mass …

Aqueously altered igneous rocks sampled on the floor of Jezero crater, Mars

KA Farley, KM Stack, DL Shuster, BHN Horgan… - Science, 2022 - science.org
The Perseverance rover landed in Jezero crater, Mars, to investigate ancient lake and river
deposits. We report observations of the crater floor, below the crater's sedimentary delta …

[HTML][HTML] Detection of phosphates originating from Enceladus's ocean

F Postberg, Y Sekine, F Klenner, CR Glein, Z Zou… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Saturn's moon Enceladus harbours a global 1 ice-covered water ocean 2, 3. The Cassini
spacecraft investigated the composition of the ocean by analysis of material ejected into …

Habitability on early Mars and the search for biosignatures with the ExoMars Rover

JL Vago, F Westall, AJ Coates, R Jaumann… - Astrobiology, 2017 - liebertpub.com
The second ExoMars mission will be launched in 2020 to target an ancient location
interpreted to have strong potential for past habitability and for preserving physical and …

Impact of space weather on climate and habitability of terrestrial-type exoplanets

VS Airapetian, R Barnes, O Cohen… - International Journal of …, 2020 - cambridge.org
The search for life in the Universe is a fundamental problem of astrobiology and modern
science. The current progress in the detection of terrestrial-type exoplanets has opened a …

Abundant phosphorus expected for possible life in Enceladus's ocean

J Hao, CR Glein, F Huang, N Yee… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Saturn's moon Enceladus has a potentially habitable subsurface water ocean that contains
canonical building blocks of life (organic and inorganic carbon, ammonia, possibly hydrogen …

Atmospheric escape from the TRAPPIST-1 planets and implications for habitability

C Dong, M Jin, M Lingam… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
The presence of an atmosphere over sufficiently long timescales is widely perceived as one
of the most prominent criteria associated with planetary surface habitability. We address the …

Towards an urban degrowth: Habitability, finity and polycentric autonomism

F Savini - Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Over the last decade, degrowth has offered a concrete alternative to eco-modernization,
projecting a society emancipated from the environmentally destructive imperative of …

Compositions and interior structures of the large moons of Uranus and implications for future spacecraft observations

J Castillo‐Rogez, B Weiss… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The five large moons of Uranus are important targets for future spacecraft missions. To
motivate and inform the exploration of these moons, we model their internal evolution …