The future of spectroscopic life detection on exoplanets

The discovery and characterization of exoplanets have the potential to offer the world one of the most impactful findings ever in the history of astronomy-the identification of life beyond Earth. Life can be inferred by the presence of atmospheric biosignature gases-gases produced by life that can a...

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Main Author: Seager, Sara (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: National Academy of Sciences (U.S.), 2015-03-03T19:49:56Z.
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