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Distance distribution of HZ planet populations around M and FGK-type stars detectable with LIFE in the current baseline setup (see Table 1). Left: Detection yield predictions for planets around M-type stars with an underlying AFGKM exoplanet population following occurrence rate estimates from NASA’s ExoPaG SAG13 (Kopparapu et al. 2018) and Dressing & Charbonneau (2015). Right: Detection yield predictions around FGK-type stars with an underlying FGK exoplanet population based on occurence rates from Bryson et al. (2021). We differentiate between three HZ definitions: optimistic (opt) HZ, conservative (con) HZ and exo-Earth candidates (EECs). The bars show the predicted median planet yields and 1-σ uncertainties derived from the Monte Carlo simulations. -- astro-ph.EP

Astronomy & Telescopes, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Exoplanets, -moons, -comets, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Status Report

Large Interferometer For Exoplanets (LIFE): XII. The Detectability of Capstone Biosignatures in the Mid-Infrared — Sniffing Exoplanetary Laughing Gas and Methylated Halogens

by Keith CowingJanuary 18, 2024January 18, 2024

This study aims to identify exemplary science cases for observing N2O, CH3Cl, and CH3Br in exoplanet atmospheres at abundances consistent with biogenic production using a space-based mid-infrared nulling interferometric observatory, […]

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Large Interferometer For Exoplanets (LIFE): XII. The Detectability of Capstone Biosignatures in the Mid-Infrared — Sniffing Exoplanetary Laughing Gas and Methylated Halogens

NASA SMD ROSES-25 Amendment 68: New Opportunity: D.8 Habitable Worlds Observatory Precursor Science Investigations [UPDATE 2]

RED26 Astrobiology Lectures Are Now Online

The Refractory Fraction Of Phosphorus In Planet-forming Discs

Atmosphere Detected On The Coldest Lava World To Date

Thermal Anomaly Discovered Below Mars’s South Pole