2 papers
astro-ph.EP2026
Retrieving Ocean Glint Reflectance Signatures from Directly Imaged Earth-like Exoplanets
Eleanor Cornish, Tyler D. Robinson
Future space telescopes searching for extraterrestrial life require methods to detect environments that can potentially support life. Liquid water is considered essential for life…
astro-ph.IM2025
Detecting Surface Liquid Water on Exoplanets
Nicolas B. Cowan, Jacob Lustig-Yaeger, Renyu Hu +2
Planets with large bodies of water on their surface will have more temperate and stable climates, and such planets are the ideal places for life-as-we-know-it to arise and evolve.…