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Sea Ice as an Origin of Life Location for Hycean and Ocean Worlds
Edouard F. L. Barrier, Nikku Madhusudhan, Frances E. Rigby
Water worlds with potential deep oceans are at the forefront of currently observable exoplanetary habitability. The standard requirements for habitability are the presence of an en…
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Transmission Spectrum of the Benchmark Temperate Exo-Neptune TOI-1231 b
Subhajit Sarkar, Nikku Madhusudhan, Lorenzo Pica-Ciamarra +4
The JWST is revolutionizing our understanding of the temperate sub-Neptune population through atmospheric spectroscopy. The nature of these planets remains debated, as their bulk p…
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The Mid-Infrared Transmission Spectrum of the Temperate Sub-Neptune TOI-270 d
Måns Holmberg, Nikku Madhusudhan, Martin Binet +3
Observations of temperate sub-Neptunes with JWST have ushered in a new era for atmospheric characterization of small exoplanets. In particular, the MIRI instrument provides a uniqu…