Understanding planetary context to enable life detection on exoplanets and test the Copernican principle

J Krissansen-Totton, M Thompson, ML Galloway… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The search for life on exoplanets is motivated by the universal ways in which life could
modify its planetary environment. Atmospheric gases such as oxygen and methane are …

Atmospheric dynamics of a near tidally locked Earth-sized planet

SR Kane - Nature Astronomy, 2022 - nature.com
The discovery and characterization of Earth-sized planets that are in, or near, a tidally locked
state are of crucial importance to understanding terrestrial planet evolution. For this purpose …

The nancy grace roman space telescope coronagraph instrument (cgi) technology demonstration

NJ Kasdin, VP Bailey, B Mennesson… - Space Telescopes …, 2020 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The Coronagraph Instrument (CGI) on the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will
demonstrate the highcontrast technology necessary for visible-light exoplanet imaging and …

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 …

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 …

Imaging exoplanets with coronagraphic instruments

R Galicher, J Mazoyer - Comptes …, 2023 - comptes-rendus.academie-sciences …
L'exoplanétologie est un domaine très actif de l'astronomie moderne avec des questions
encore ouvertes: comment les systèmes planétaires se forment-ils et évoluent-ils; pourquoi …

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 …

Broadband vector vortex coronagraph testing at NASA's high contrast imaging testbed facility

G Ruane, AJE Riggs, E Serabyn… - Space Telescopes …, 2022 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The unparalleled theoretical performance of an ideal vector vortex coronagraph makes it
one of the most promising technologies for directly imaging exoplanets with a future, off-axis …

Imaging low-mass planets within the habitable zone of α Centauri

K Wagner, A Boehle, P Pathak, M Kasper… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Giant exoplanets on wide orbits have been directly imaged around young stars. If the
thermal background in the mid-infrared can be mitigated, then exoplanets with lower masses …

Thermodynamic and energetic limits on continental silicate weathering strongly impact the climate and habitability of wet, rocky worlds

RJ Graham, R Pierrehumbert - The Astrophysical Journal, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
The" liquid water habitable zone"(HZ) concept is predicated on the ability of the silicate
weathering feedback to stabilize climate across a wide range of instellations. However …