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most citedExoplanet Biosignatures: A Review of Remotely Detectable Signs of Life

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astro-ph.IM2026

White Paper on Phototrophic Biosignatures: Research Priorities for the Search for Life on Other Worlds

Nancy Y. Kiang, Christopher Gisriel, Robert E. Blankenship +32

Photosynthesis is of prime interest in the telescopic search for life beyond the Solar System, because, on Earth, oxygenic photosynthesis produces two strong "biosignatures," globa…

astro-ph.EP2026

Imaging Venus-like Worlds: Spectral, Polarimetric, and UV Diagnostics for the Habitable Worlds Observatory

Stephen R. Kane, Kimberly M. Bott, Kenneth E. Goodis Gordon +15

Understanding planetary habitability requires a comparative approach that explores the divergent evolutionary outcomes of Earth and Venus. The Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) wi…

astro-ph.EP2025

The Impact of Extended CO Cross Sections on Temperate Anoxic Planet Atmospheres

Wynter Broussard, Edward W. Schwieterman, Clara Sousa-Silva +3

Our interpretation of terrestrial exoplanet atmospheric spectra will always be limited by the accuracy of the data we use as input in our forward and retrieval models. Ultraviolet…

astro-ph.EP2024

History and Habitability of the LP 890-9 Planetary System

Rory Barnes, Laura N. R. do Amaral, Jessica Birky +42

We present numerous aspects of the evolution of the LP 890-9 (SPECULOOS-2/TOI-4306) planetary system, focusing on the likelihood that planet c can support life. We find that the ho…

astro-ph.HE2024

X-ray Emission of Nearby Low-mass and Sun-like Stars with Directly Imageable Habitable Zones

Breanna A. Binder, Sarah Peacock, Edward W. Schwieterman +5

Stellar X-ray and UV radiation can significantly affect the survival, composition, and long-term evolution of the atmospheres of planets in or near their host star's habitable zone…

astro-ph.EP2024

The TESS-Keck Survey. XXII. A sub-Neptune Orbiting TOI-1437

Daria Pidhorodetska, Emily A. Gilbert, Stephen R. Kane +40

Exoplanet discoveries have revealed a dramatic diversity of planet sizes across a vast array of orbital architectures. Sub-Neptunes are of particular interest; due to their absence…