4 papers
Toward Inferring the Surface Fluxes of Biosignature Gases on Rocky Exoplanets from Telescope Spectra
Nicholas F. Wogan, Natasha E. Batalha, Joshua Krissansen-Totton +5
The James Webb Space Telescope and the future Habitable Worlds Observatory aim to discover exoplanet atmospheric spectra that detect life. Currently, most existing spectral "retrie…
Minimizing Star Spot Contamination of Exoplanet Transit Spectroscopy Using Alternate Normalization
Drake Deming, Miles H. Currie, Victoria S. Meadows +1
Recently, Currie et al. simulated the detection of molecules in the atmospheres of temperate rocky exoplanets transiting nearby M-dwarf stars. They simulated detections via spectra…
Polarized Signatures of the Earth Through Time: An Outlook for the Habitable Worlds Observatory
Kenneth E. Goodis Gordon, Theodora Karalidi, Kimberly M. Bott +5
The search for life beyond the Solar System remains a primary goal of current and near-future missions, including NASA's upcoming Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO). However, resea…
There's more to life in reflected light: Simulating the detectability of a range of molecules for high-contrast, high-resolution observations of non-transiting terrestrial exoplanets
Miles H. Currie, Victoria S. Meadows
The upcoming extremely large telescopes will provide the first opportunity to search for signs of habitability and life on non-transiting terrestrial exoplanets using high-contrast…