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astro-ph.EP2017★ 326 cited

Exoplanet Biosignatures: Understanding Oxygen as a Biosignature in the Context of Its Environment

Victoria S. Meadows, Christopher T. Reinhard, Giada N. Arney +13

Here we review how environmental context can be used to interpret whether O2 is a biosignature in extrasolar planetary observations. This paper builds on the overview of current bi…

astro-ph.EP2017★ 131 cited

Exoplanet Biosignatures: Future Directions

Sara I. Walker, William Bains, Leroy Cronin +11

Exoplanet science promises a continued rapid accumulation of new observations in the near future, energizing a drive to understand and interpret the forthcoming wealth of data to i…

astro-ph.EP2017★ 529 cited

Exoplanet Biosignatures: A Review of Remotely Detectable Signs of Life

Edward W. Schwieterman, Nancy Y. Kiang, Mary N. Parenteau +15

In the coming years and decades, advanced space- and ground-based observatories will allow an unprecedented opportunity to probe the atmospheres and surfaces of potentially habitab…

astro-ph.EP2017★ 133 cited

Pale Orange Dots: The Impact of Organic Haze on the Habitability and Detectability of Earthlike Exoplanets

Giada N. Arney, Victoria S. Meadows, Shawn D. Domagal-Goldman +5

Hazes are common in known planet atmospheres, and geochemical evidence suggests early Earth occasionally supported an organic haze with significant environmental and spectral conse…

astro-ph.EP2017★ 93 cited

False negatives for remote life detection on ocean-bearing planets: Lessons from the early Earth

C. T. Reinhard, S. L. Olson, E. W. Schwieterman +1

Ocean-atmosphere chemistry on Earth has undergone dramatic evolutionary changes through its long history, with potentially significant ramifications for the emergence and long-term…