most citedAstrobiological Potential of Venus Atmosphere Chemical Anomalies and Other Unexplained Cloud Properties

17 citations

5 papers

astro-ph.EP2025★ 4 cited

Warm, water-depleted rocky exoplanets with surface ionic liquids: A proposed class for planetary habitability

Rachana Agrawal, Sara Seager, Iaroslav Iakubivskyi +6

The discovery of thousands of exoplanets and the emergence of telescopes capable of exoplanet atmospheric characterization have intensified the search for habitable worlds. Due to…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 3 cited

The Diversity of Exoplanetary Environments and the Search for Signs of Life Beyond Earth

Sara Seager, Janusz J. Petkowski, William Bains

Thousands of exoplanets orbit nearby stars, showcasing a remarkable diversity in mass, size, and orbits. With the James Webb Space Telescope now operational, we are observing exopl…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 13 cited

Prospects for Detecting Signs of Life on Exoplanets in the JWST Era

Sara Seager, Luis Welbanks, Lucas Ellerbroek +2

The search for signs of life in the Universe has entered a new phase with the advent of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Detecting biosignature gases via exoplanet atmosphere…

physics.chem-ph2024★ 10 cited

Simple lipids form stable higher-order structures in concentrated sulfuric acid

Daniel Duzdevich, Collin Nisler, Janusz J. Petkowski +4

Venus has become a target of astrobiological interest because it is physically accessible to direct exploration, unlike exoplanets. So far this interest has been motivated not by t…

astro-ph.EP2024★ 17 cited

Astrobiological Potential of Venus Atmosphere Chemical Anomalies and Other Unexplained Cloud Properties

Janusz J. Petkowski, Sara Seager, David H. Grinspoon +7

Long-standing unexplained Venus atmosphere observations and chemical anomalies point to unknown chemistry but also leave room for the possibility of life. The unexplained observati…