In the coming years and decades, advanced space-and ground-based observatories will
allow an unprecedented opportunity to probe the atmospheres and surfaces of potentially …

The atmosphere of a brown dwarf or extrasolar giant planet controls the spectrum of
radiation emitted by the object and regulates its cooling over time. Although the study of …

Seven rocky planets orbit the nearby dwarf star TRAPPIST-1, providing a unique opportunity
to search for atmospheres on small planets outside the Solar System. Thanks to the recent …

The critical first step in the search for life on exoplanets over the next decade is to determine
whether rocky planets transiting small M-dwarf stars possess atmospheres and, if so, what …

Abstract The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) will offer the first opportunity to
characterize terrestrial exoplanets with sufficient precision to identify high mean molecular …

Context. The interaction of the light from astronomical objects with the constituents of the
Earth's atmosphere leads to the formation of telluric absorption lines in ground-based …

Identifying terrestrial planets in the habitable zones (HZs) of other stars is one of the primary
goals of ongoing radial velocity (RV) and transit exoplanet surveys and proposed future …

Abstract The first James Webb Space Telescope observations of TRAPPIST-1 c showed a
secondary eclipse depth of 421±94 ppm at 15 μm, which is consistent with a bare rock …

Nine transiting Earth-sized planets have recently been discovered around nearby late-M
dwarfs, including the TRAPPIST-1 planets and two planets discovered by the MEarth survey …

Recognizing whether a planet can support life is a primary goal of future exoplanet spectral
characterization missions, but past research on habitability assessment has largely ignored …