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 occurrence and architecture of exoplanetary systems

JN Winn, DC Fabrycky - Annual Review of Astronomy and …, 2015 - annualreviews.org
The basic geometry of the Solar System—the shapes, spacings, and orientations of the
planetary orbits—has long been a subject of fascination as well as inspiration for planet …

Thermal emission from the Earth-sized exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 b using JWST

TP Greene, TJ Bell, E Ducrot, A Dyrek, PO Lagage… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
The TRAPPIST-1 system is remarkable for its seven planets that are similar in size, mass,
density and stellar heating to the rocky planets Venus, Earth and Mars in the Solar System …

The Karl G. Jansky very large array sky survey (VLASS). Science case and survey design

M Lacy, SA Baum, CJ Chandler… - Publications of the …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The Very Large Array Sky Survey (VLASS) is a synoptic, all-sky radio sky survey
with a unique combination of high angular resolution (≈ 2 farcs 5), sensitivity (a 1σ goal of …

How to constrain your M dwarf. II. The mass–luminosity–metallicity relation from 0.075 to 0.70 solar masses

AW Mann, T Dupuy, AL Kraus, E Gaidos… - The Astrophysical …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
The mass–luminosity relation for late-type stars has long been a critical tool for estimating
stellar masses. However, there is growing need for both a higher-precision relation and a …

Hydrogen epoch of reionization array (HERA)

DR DeBoer, AR Parsons, JE Aguirre… - Publications of the …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The Hydrogen Epoch of Reionization Array (HERA) is a staged experiment to
measure 21 cm emission from the primordial intergalactic medium (IGM) throughout cosmic …

Habitability and biosignatures of Hycean worlds

N Madhusudhan, AAA Piette… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
We investigate a new class of habitable planets composed of water-rich interiors with
massive oceans underlying H 2-rich atmospheres, referred to here as Hycean worlds. With …

CARMENES input catalogue of M dwarfs-V. Luminosities, colours, and spectral energy distributions

C Cifuentes, JA Caballero, M Cortés-Contreras… - Astronomy & …, 2020 - aanda.org
Context. The relevance of M dwarfs in the search for potentially habitable Earth-sized
planets has grown significantly in the last years. Aims. In our on-going effort to …

Absence of a thick atmosphere on the terrestrial exoplanet LHS 3844b

L Kreidberg, DDB Koll, C Morley, R Hu, L Schaefer… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
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 …

The CARMENES search for exoplanets around M dwarfs-High-resolution optical and near-infrared spectroscopy of 324 survey stars

A Reiners, M Zechmeister, JA Caballero… - Astronomy & …, 2018 - aanda.org
The CARMENES radial velocity (RV) survey is observing 324 M dwarfs to search for any
orbiting planets. In this paper, we present the survey sample by publishing one CARMENES …