5 papers
Detecting habitable exoplanet atmospheres with LIFE, the Large Interferometer for Exoplanets
Sarah Rugheimer, Aiden Weatherbee, James Fecanin +21
A key goal of astronomers with the next generation telescopes is to detect signs of life in exoplanet atmospheres. NASA's next flagship is the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO). I…
A Systematic Search for Trace Molecules in the Atmosphere of Exoplanet K2-18 b
Lorenzo Pica-Ciamarra, Nikku Madhusudhan, Gregory J. Cooke +2
The first transmission spectrum of the habitable-zone sub-Neptune K2-18 b with JWST has opened a new avenue for atmospheric characterisation of temperate low-mass exoplanets. The o…
Ecological modelling of hycean worlds
Gregory J. Cooke, Nikku Madhusudhan, Emily G. Mitchell
New observations are opening the possibility of characterising habitable environments in exoplanetary systems, with the recent example of the candidate hycean world K2-18 b. This m…
Transformational astrophysics and exoplanet science with Habitable Worlds Observatory's High Resolution Imager
Vincent Van Eylen, Richard Massey, Saeeda Awan +167
Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) will be NASA's flagship space telescope of the 2040s, designed to search for life on other planets and to transform broad areas of astrophysics.…
Exploring the Sub-Neptune Frontier with JWST
Nikku Madhusudhan, MÃ¥ns Holmberg, Savvas Constantinou +1
Sub-Neptune planets, with sizes and masses between those of Earth and Neptune, dominate the exoplanet population. Sub-Neptunes are expected to be the most diverse family of the exo…