Habitability and Biosignatures of Hycean Worlds

How to Identify Exoplanet Surfaces Using Atmospheric Trace Species in Hydrogen-dominated Atmospheres

(2021) Xinting Yu et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

How deep is the ocean? Exploring the phase structure of water-rich sub-Neptunes

(2021) Matthew C Nixon et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

Laboratory studies on the viability of life in H2-dominated exoplanet atmospheres

(2020) S. Seager et al.   Nature Astronomy

The CARMENES search for exoplanets around M dwarfs. Two planets on opposite sides of the radius gap transiting the nearby M dwarf LTT 3780

(2020) G. Nowak et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

A super-Earth and a sub-Neptune orbiting the bright, quiet M3 dwarf TOI-1266

(2020) B.-O. Demory et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

A planetary system with two transiting mini-Neptunes near the radius valley transition around the bright M dwarf TOI-776

(2020) R. Luque et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

Lessons from early Earth: UV surface radiation should not limit the habitability of active M star systems

(2019) Jack T O’Malley-James et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

Growth model interpretation of planet size distribution

(2019) Li Zeng et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Living at the Extremes: Extremophiles and the Limits of Life in a Planetary Context

(2019) Nancy Merino et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Infrared absorption cross-sections in HITRAN2016 and beyond: Expansion for climate, environment, and atmospheric applications

(2019) R.V. Kochanov et al.   JOURNAL OF QUANTITATIVE SPECTROSCOPY & RADIATIVE TRANSFER

A sub-Neptune exoplanet with a low-metallicity methane-depleted atmosphere and Mie-scattering clouds

(2019) Björn Benneke et al.   Nature Astronomy

A super-Earth and two sub-Neptunes transiting the nearby and quiet M dwarf TOI-270

(2019) Maximilian N. Günther et al.   Nature Astronomy

Exoplanetary Atmospheres: Key Insights, Challenges, and Prospects

(2019) Nikku Madhusudhan   Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics

Erosion of an exoplanetary atmosphere caused by stellar winds

(2019) J. M. Rodríguez-Mozos et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

Characterization of the L 98-59 multi-planetary system with HARPS

(2019) R. Cloutier et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

Water vapour in the atmosphere of the habitable-zone eight-Earth-mass planet K2-18 b

(2019) Angelos Tsiaras et al.   Nature Astronomy

JexoSim: a time-domain simulator of exoplanet transit spectroscopy with JWST

(2019) Subhajit Sarkar et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

Exoplanet Biosignatures: A Review of Remotely Detectable Signs of Life

(2018) Edward W. Schwieterman et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Exoplanet Biosignatures: Understanding Oxygen as a Biosignature in the Context of Its Environment

(2018) Victoria S. Meadows et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Exoplanet Biosignatures: A Framework for Their Assessment

(2018) David C. Catling et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Modeling climate diversity, tidal dynamics and the fate of volatiles on TRAPPIST-1 planets

(2018) Martin Turbet et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

Radial velocity follow-up of GJ1132 with HARPS. A precise mass for planet b and the discovery of a second planet

(2018) X. Bonfils et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

The nature of the TRAPPIST-1 exoplanets

(2018) Simon L. Grimm et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

Absolute densities in exoplanetary systems: photodynamical modelling of Kepler-138

(2018) J M Almenara et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

The Ice Cap Zone: A Unique Habitable Zone for Ocean Worlds

(2018) Ramses M Ramirez et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

HD 89345: a bright oscillating star hosting a transiting warm Saturn-sized planet observed by K2

(2018) V Van Eylen et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

Modeling climate diversity, tidal dynamics and the fate of volatiles on TRAPPIST-1 planets

(2018) Martin Turbet et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

Radial velocity follow-up of GJ1132 with HARPS. A precise mass for planet b and the discovery of a second planet

(2018) X. Bonfils et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

The nature of the TRAPPIST-1 exoplanets

(2018) Simon L. Grimm et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

Scientific discovery with the James Webb Space Telescope

(2018) Jason Kalirai   CONTEMPORARY PHYSICS

Retrieval of planetary and stellar properties in transmission spectroscopy with Aura

(2018) Arazi Pinhas et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

Confirmation of the radial velocity super-Earth K2-18c with HARPS and CARMENES

(2018) R. Cloutier et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

The HITRAN2016 molecular spectroscopic database

(2017) I.E. Gordon et al.   JOURNAL OF QUANTITATIVE SPECTROSCOPY & RADIATIVE TRANSFER

genesis: new self-consistent models of exoplanetary spectra

(2017) Siddharth Gandhi et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

Model atmospheres of sub-stellar mass objects

(2017) Ivan Hubeny   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

A temperate rocky super-Earth transiting a nearby cool star

(2017) Jason A. Dittmann et al.   NATURE

Seven temperate terrestrial planets around the nearby ultracool dwarf star TRAPPIST-1

(2017) Michaël Gillon et al.   NATURE

PandExo: A Community Tool for Transiting Exoplanet Science withJWST&HST

(2017) Natasha E. Batalha et al.   PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF THE PACIFIC

Water in Extrasolar Planets and Implications for Habitability

(2017) Lena Noack et al.   SPACE SCIENCE REVIEWS

The discoveries of WASP-91b, WASP-105b and WASP-107b: Two warm Jupiters and a planet in the transition region between ice giants and gas giants

(2017) D. R. Anderson et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

Toward a List of Molecules as Potential Biosignature Gases for the Search for Life on Exoplanets and Applications to Terrestrial Biochemistry

(2016) S. Seager et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Habitability of planets on eccentric orbits: Limits of the mean flux approximation

(2016) Emeline Bolmont et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

The habitability of Proxima Centauri b

(2016) Ignasi Ribas et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

The habitability of Proxima Centauri b

(2016) Martin Turbet et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

Improved spectroscopic line list of methyl chloride in the 1900–2600 cm −1 spectral region

(2016) A.V. Nikitin et al.   JOURNAL OF QUANTITATIVE SPECTROSCOPY & RADIATIVE TRANSFER

In hot water: effects of temperature-dependent interiors on the radii of water-rich super-Earths

(2016) Scott W. Thomas et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

WASP-South transiting exoplanets: WASP-130b, WASP-131b, WASP-132b, WASP-139b, WASP-140b, WASP-141b and WASP-142b

(2016) C. Hellier et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

Water loss from terrestrial planets orbiting ultracool dwarfs: implications for the planets of TRAPPIST-1

(2016) E. Bolmont et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

A terrestrial planet candidate in a temperate orbit around Proxima Centauri

(2016) Guillem Anglada-Escudé et al.   NATURE

The habitability of planets orbiting M-dwarf stars

(2016) Aomawa L. Shields et al.   PHYSICS REPORTS-REVIEW SECTION OF PHYSICS LETTERS

The habitability of Proxima Centauri b

(2016) Ignasi Ribas et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

The habitability of Proxima Centauri b

(2016) Martin Turbet et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

Habitability of planets on eccentric orbits: Limits of the mean flux approximation

(2016) Emeline Bolmont et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

Extreme Water Loss and Abiotic O2 Buildup on Planets Throughout the Habitable Zones of M Dwarfs

(2015) R. Luger et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

The unstable CO2feedback cycle on ocean planets

(2015) D. Kitzmann et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

The evolution of habitable climates under the brightening Sun

(2015) E. T. Wolf et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES

The Earth as an extrasolar transiting planet

(2014) L. Arnold et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

THE EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE EVOLUTION ON THE INTERIOR STRUCTURE OF H2O-RICH PLANETS

(2014) Li Zeng et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

FEASIBILITY STUDIES FOR THE DETECTION OF O2IN AN EARTH-LIKE EXOPLANET

(2014) Florian Rodler et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

HABITABLE ZONES AROUND MAIN-SEQUENCE STARS: DEPENDENCE ON PLANETARY MASS

(2014) Ravi Kumar Kopparapu et al.   Astrophysical Journal Letters

High sensitivity (femto-FT-CEAS) spectra of carbonyl sulphide between 6200 and 8200 cm −1 , and new energy pattern in the global rovibrational analysis of 16 O 12 C 32 S

(2014) D. Golebiowski et al.   JOURNAL OF QUANTITATIVE SPECTROSCOPY & RADIATIVE TRANSFER

ExoMol line lists – IV. The rotation–vibration spectrum of methane up to 1500 K

(2014) Sergei N. Yurchenko et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

The rise of oxygen in Earth’s early ocean and atmosphere

(2014) Timothy W. Lyons et al.   NATURE

WASP-80b: a gas giant transiting a cool dwarf

(2013) A. H. M. J. Triaud et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

A new extensive library of PHOENIX stellar atmospheres and synthetic spectra

(2013) T.-O. Husser et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

On the radius of habitable planets

(2013) Y. Alibert   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

BIOSIGNATURE GASES IN H2-DOMINATED ATMOSPHERES ON ROCKY EXOPLANETS

(2013) S. Seager et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

A BIOMASS-BASED MODEL TO ESTIMATE THE PLAUSIBILITY OF EXOPLANET BIOSIGNATURE GASES

(2013) S. Seager et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

BULK COMPOSITION OF GJ 1214b AND OTHER SUB-NEPTUNE EXOPLANETS

(2013) Diana Valencia et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

TOWARD THE MINIMUM INNER EDGE DISTANCE OF THE HABITABLE ZONE

(2013) Andras Zsom et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

HABITABLE ZONES AROUND MAIN-SEQUENCE STARS: NEW ESTIMATES

(2013) Ravi Kumar Kopparapu et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

A PLATEAU IN THE PLANET POPULATION BELOW TWICE THE SIZE OF EARTH

(2013) Erik A. Petigura et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

COMPOSITIONAL DIVERSITY IN THE ATMOSPHERES OF HOT NEPTUNES, WITH APPLICATION TO GJ 436b

(2013) J. I. Moses et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

FINDING EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE USING GROUND-BASED HIGH-DISPERSION SPECTROSCOPY

(2013) I. A. G. Snellen et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

THE FALSE POSITIVE RATE OFKEPLERAND THE OCCURRENCE OF PLANETS

(2013) François Fressin et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

STABILIZING CLOUD FEEDBACK DRAMATICALLY EXPANDS THE HABITABLE ZONE OF TIDALLY LOCKED PLANETS

(2013) Jun Yang et al.   Astrophysical Journal Letters

On the probability of habitable planets

(2013) François Forget   International Journal of Astrobiology

Vibrational transition moments of CH4 from first principles

(2013) Sergei N. Yurchenko et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY

Increased insolation threshold for runaway greenhouse processes on Earth-like planets

(2013) Jérémy Leconte et al.   NATURE

Clouds in the atmosphere of the super-Earth exoplanet GJ 1214b

(2013) Laura Kreidberg et al.   NATURE

A Detailed Model Grid for Solid Planets from 0.1 through 100 Earth Masses

(2013) Li Zeng et al.   PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF THE PACIFIC

ABIOTIC METHANE ON EARTH

(2013) Giuseppe Etiope et al.   REVIEWS OF GEOPHYSICS

Hydrogen-Nitrogen Greenhouse Warming in Earth's Early Atmosphere

(2013) R. Wordsworth et al.   SCIENCE

The transiting system GJ1214: high-precision defocused transit observations and a search for evidence of transit timing variation

(2012) K. B. W. Harpsøe et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

HOW THERMAL EVOLUTION AND MASS-LOSS SCULPT POPULATIONS OF SUPER-EARTHS AND SUB-NEPTUNES: APPLICATION TO THE KEPLER-11 SYSTEM AND BEYOND

(2012) Eric D. Lopez et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

A POSSIBLE CARBON-RICH INTERIOR IN SUPER-EARTH 55 Cancri e

(2012) Nikku Madhusudhan et al.   Astrophysical Journal Letters

PLANET OCCURRENCE WITHIN 0.25 AU OF SOLAR-TYPE STARS FROMKEPLER

(2012) Andrew W. Howard et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL SUPPLEMENT SERIES

Transient conditions for biogenesis on low-mass exoplanets with escaping hydrogen atmospheres

(2012) R. Wordsworth   ICARUS

Using Biogenic Sulfur Gases as Remotely Detectable Biosignatures on Anoxic Planets

(2011) Shawn D. Domagal-Goldman et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

HIGH METALLICITY AND NON-EQUILIBRIUM CHEMISTRY IN THE DAYSIDE ATMOSPHERE OF HOT-NEPTUNE GJ 436b

(2011) N. Madhusudhan et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

THERMAL EVOLUTION AND STRUCTURE MODELS OF THE TRANSITING SUPER-EARTH GJ 1214b

(2011) N. Nettelmann et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

FORMATION AND STRUCTURE OF LOW-DENSITY EXO-NEPTUNES

(2011) Leslie A. Rogers et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

CHARACTERISTICS OF PLANETARY CANDIDATES OBSERVED BYKEPLER. II. ANALYSIS OF THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS OF DATA

(2011) William J. Borucki et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

HYDROGEN GREENHOUSE PLANETS BEYOND THE HABITABLE ZONE

(2011) Raymond Pierrehumbert et al.   Astrophysical Journal Letters

Interior structure models of solid exoplanets using material laws in the infinite pressure limit

(2011) F.W. Wagner et al.   ICARUS

The ν1, ν4 and 3ν6 bands of methyl chloride in the 3.4-μm region: Line positions and intensities

(2011) C. Bray et al.   JOURNAL OF QUANTITATIVE SPECTROSCOPY & RADIATIVE TRANSFER

New section of the HITRAN database: Collision-induced absorption (CIA)

(2011) C. Richard et al.   JOURNAL OF QUANTITATIVE SPECTROSCOPY & RADIATIVE TRANSFER

A variationally computed line list for hot NH3

(2011) S. N. Yurchenko et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

Exoplanet Atmospheres

(2010) Sara Seager et al.   Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics

Geophysical and Atmospheric Evolution of Habitable Planets

(2010) Helmut Lammer et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Dynamical Habitability of Planetary Systems

(2010) Rudolf Dvorak et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

STABILITY ANALYSIS OF SINGLE-PLANET SYSTEMS AND THEIR HABITABLE ZONES

(2010) Ravi Kumar Kopparapu et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

A FRAMEWORK FOR QUANTIFYING THE DEGENERACIES OF EXOPLANET INTERIOR COMPOSITIONS

(2010) L. A. Rogers et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

THREE POSSIBLE ORIGINS FOR THE GAS LAYER ON GJ 1214b

(2010) L. A. Rogers et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION OF ECCENTRIC HOT NEPTUNE GJ436b

(2010) Nikole K. Lewis et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

WATER/ICY SUPER-EARTHS: GIANT IMPACTS AND MAXIMUM WATER CONTENT

(2010) Robert A. Marcus et al.   Astrophysical Journal Letters

METAL-RICH M-DWARF PLANET HOSTS: METALLICITIES WITHK-BAND SPECTRA

(2010) Bárbara Rojas-Ayala et al.   Astrophysical Journal Letters

HITEMP, the high-temperature molecular spectroscopic database

(2010) L.S. Rothman et al.   JOURNAL OF QUANTITATIVE SPECTROSCOPY & RADIATIVE TRANSFER

Simultaneous high-pressure and high-temperature volume measurements of ice VII and its thermal equation of state

(2010) Emiko Sugimura et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Aerobic growth at nanomolar oxygen concentrations

(2010) D. A. Stolper et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Chemical Composition of the Sun

(2009) Martin Asplund et al.   Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics

Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission

(2009) A. Léger et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION OF HOT JUPITERS: COUPLED RADIATIVE-DYNAMICAL GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL SIMULATIONS OF HD 189733b and HD 209458b

(2009) Adam P. Showman et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

TRANSITS OF EARTH-LIKE PLANETS

(2009) Lisa Kaltenegger et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Line strength measurements of carbonyl sulfide (16O12C32S) in the 2v3, v1+2v2+v3, and 4v2+v3 bands

(2009) Keeyoon Sung et al.   JOURNAL OF QUANTITATIVE SPECTROSCOPY & RADIATIVE TRANSFER

Line positions and strengths of 41 bands including 10 OCS isotopologues in the 3850–4200cm−1 region

(2009) Robert A. Toth et al.   JOURNAL OF QUANTITATIVE SPECTROSCOPY & RADIATIVE TRANSFER

A super-Earth transiting a nearby low-mass star

(2009) David Charbonneau et al.   NATURE

Equation of state and phase diagram of water at ultrahigh pressures as in planetary interiors

(2009) Martin French et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Optical Albedo Theory of Strongly Irradiated Giant Planets: The Case of HD 209458b

(2008) A. Burrows et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

A Unified Theory for the Atmospheres of the Hot and Very Hot Jupiters: Two Classes of Irradiated Atmospheres

(2008) J. J. Fortney et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Ranges of Atmospheric Mass and Composition of Super‐Earth Exoplanets

(2008) Linda T. Elkins‐Tanton et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Terrestrial exoplanets: diversity, habitability and characterization

(2008) Franck Selsis et al.   PHYSICA SCRIPTA