reflectance spectroscopy
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Retrieving the Red Edge on Earth-like Planets with Heterogeneous Clouds and Surfaces

by Keith Cowing

The detection and characterization of potentially habitable exoplanets is one of the chief goals of astrophysics for the coming decades. Imaging in reflected light is well suited for characterizing Earth-like […]

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Tricorder Tech: The Development and Demonstration of the Portable Acousto‐Optic Spectrometer for Astrobiology in Cave Environments

by Keith Cowing

Planetary caves are desirable environments for the search for biosignatures corresponding to extant or extinct extraterrestrial life due to the protection they offer from surface-level solar radiation and ionizing particles.

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Tricorder Tech: The Limits, Capabilities, and Potential for Life Detection with MinION Sequencing in a Paleochannel Mars Analog

by Keith Cowing

No instrument capable of direct life detection has been included on a mission payload to Mars since NASA’s Viking missions in the 1970s. This prevents us from discovering whether life […]

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