Sub-Neptune Atmosphere Origin: A tale of Magma and Atmosphere
Today’s paper examines the reaction between atmosphere and magma in exoplanets, a key factor in shaping an exoplanet atmosphere
Planets on a Magnetic Roller Coaster Ride
Fabienne Nail writes about how magnetic fields can make modelling atmospheric escape for TRAPPIST-1e and other exoplanets much more difficult.
Highway to the Venus Zone
How much carbon dioxide is too much? Is the habitable zone always habitable? To answer these questions, today’s authors turn up the heat and shove it into overdrive on the highway to the Venus zone!
From Earth Plants to Exo-plants: Spectropolarimetry as an Agnostic Biosignature
In order to find life elsewhere in the universe, we need to rule out false positive biosignatures. To get around this, today’s authors use polarized light to distinguish plants from rocks!
How the Moon helped mold the Earth into a habitable potato
How did the Earth keep from freezing over under a faint young Sun 4 billion years ago, and what could it have to do with potatoes and the Moon?!
Hydrate or Die-drate: Was Venus Ever Habitable?
Could Venus have ever boasted the expansive oceans we find on Earth today? Find out by reading today’s bite about planetary scientists that modeled Venus’s atmosphere!