Atmospheric retrieval studies are essential to determine the science requirements for future generation missions, such as the Large Interferometer for Exoplanets (LIFE).
Astronomy & Telescopes
Posted inAstronomy & Telescopes, Exoplanets, -moons, -comets, Press Release
An Early Catalog of Planet Hosting Multiple Star Systems of Order Three and Higher
We present a catalog (status July 1, 2022) of triple and higher order systems identified containing exoplanets based on data from the literature, including various analyses. We explore statistical properties […]
Posted inAstrochemistry, Astronomy & Telescopes, Press Release
Ammonia In The Interstellar Medium Of A Starbursting Disc At z=2.6
We report the detection of the ground state rotational emission of ammonia, ortho-NH3 (JK=10→00) in a gravitationally lensed, intrinsically hyperluminous, star-bursting galaxy at z=2.6. The integrated line profile is consistent […]
Posted inAstronomy & Telescopes, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Exoplanets, -moons, -comets, Habitable Zones, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Nanotechnology & SynBio, Press Release
Star Light Simulator Illuminates The Search For Life Around The Milky Way’s Most Common Stars
Italian researchers have demonstrated experimentally for the first time that microorganisms can photosynthesise using the infrared-dominated light emitted by the most common type of star in the Milky Way.
Posted inAstrochemistry, Astronomy & Telescopes, Exoplanets, -moons, -comets, Press Release
The Kinematics And Excitation Of Infrared Wwater Vapor Emission From Planet-forming Disks: Results From Spectrally-resolved Surveys And Guidelines For JWST Spectra
This work presents water emission spectra at wavelengths covered by JWST (2.9-12.8 μm) as spectrally-resolved with high resolving powers (R = 30,000-100,000) using ground-based spectrographs.
Posted inAstronomy & Telescopes, Exoplanets, -moons, -comets, Press Release, TRAPPIST-1
SPECULOOS Northern Observatory: Searching For Red Worlds In The Northern Skies
SPECULOOS is a ground-based transit survey consisting of six identical 1-m robotic telescopes. The immediate goal of the project is to detect temperate terrestrial planets transiting nearby ultracool dwarfs (late […]
Posted inAstronomy & Telescopes, Exoplanets, -moons, -comets, Habitable Zones, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Press Release
Segment-level Thermal Sensitivity Analysis For Exo-Earth Imaging
We present a segment-level wavefront stability error budget for space telescopes essential for exoplanet detection. We use a detailed finite element model to relate the temperature gradient at the location […]
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Global Dynamics And Architecture Of The Kepler-444 System
Segment-level wavefront tolerance maps required to maintain a mean dark hole contrast of 10−11 for the narrow-angle APLC at a wavelength of 500 nm. Each segment shows the limit of […]
Posted inAstronomy & Telescopes, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Exoplanets, -moons, -comets, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Moon, Press Release
OWL-Moon: Very high Resolution Spectropolarimetric Interferometry And Imaging From The Moon: Exoplanets To Cosmology
We outline a concept for OWL-Moon, a 50-100m aperture telescope located on the surface of the Moon, to address three major areas in astronomy, namely the detection of biosignatures on […]
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The KOBE experiment: K-dwarfs Orbited By habitable Exoplanets. Project goals, target selection and stellar characterization
The detection of habitable worlds is one of humanity’s greatest endeavors. So far, astrobiological studies show that one of the most critical components for life development is liquid water. Its […]