The search for signs of life on exoplanets at the interface of chemistry and planetary science

The discovery of thousands of exoplanets in the last two decades that are so different from planets in our own solar system challenges many areas of traditional planetary science. However, ideas for how to detect signs of life in this mélange of planetary possibilities have lagged, and only in the...

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Main Authors: Seager, Sara (Contributor), Bains, William (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2015-04-07T19:38:48Z.
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