Stars that contain comparatively large amounts of heavy elements provide less favourable conditions for the emergence of complex life than metal-poor stars, as scientists from the Max Planck Institutes for […]
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YunMa: Enabling Spectral Retrievals of Exoplanetary Clouds
In this paper, we present YunMa, a model which enables the study of cloud microphysics and radiative properties in exoplanetary atmospheres.
Posted inAtmospheres, Climate, Weather, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Exoplanets, -moons, -comets, Habitable Zones, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Neptune, Status Report
Atmospheric Chemistry of Secondary and Hybrid Atmospheres of Super Earths and Sub-Neptunes
The atmospheres of small exoplanets likely derive from a combination of geochemical outgassing and primordial gases left over from formation.
Posted inAstrochemistry, Astrogeology, Atmospheres, Climate, Weather, Exoplanets, -moons, -comets, Press Release
A Chemical Modelling Roadmap Linking Protoplanetary Disks and Exoplanet Atmospheres
This review paper discussed which chemical effects may be at play in a planet-forming disk midplane, which effects are relevant under different conditions, and which tools are available for modelling […]