What if we find nothing? Bayesian analysis of the statistical information of null results in future exoplanet habitability and biosignature surveys

Daniel Angerhausen, Amedeo Balbi, Andjelka B. Kovačević +2

Future telescopes will survey temperate, terrestrial exoplanets to estimate the frequency of habitable ($\hat{I}{\cdot }_{\text{Hab}}$) or inhabited ($\hat{I}{\cdot }_{\text{Life}}$) planets. This study aim…