Detecting Exoplanet Life in Our Proximity
Researchers have devised a technique using JWST that could potentially reveal the presence of carbon dioxide on the nearby exoplanet Proxima Centauri b.
Insights into Planet Formation via Harry Potter Analogies
The authors of today’s astrobite try and assess how much knowledge you can actually gain about the first four Harry Potter books by only watching the fourth movie. In other words, what can you learn about planet formation by looking at observations of exoplanets?
Searching for signs of life with the James Webb Space Telescope
The James Webb Space Telescope will be the largest space observatory built to date. The authors of today’s paper suggest one possible use for the giant new telescope: Searching for signs of life on other planets.
Catching Kilonovae with the Webb
The James Webb Telescope and LIGO may team up to study some of the most energetic events in our universe.
Crash course in exoplanet observations with the James Webb Space Telescope
In just three years NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope will leave Earth and start producing groundbreaking science! That means we have three years to figure out how to best utilize the instruments on board. It’s time for a crash course in exoplanet observations with JWST.
Could we detect signs of life on a massive super-Earth?
We have one canonical idea of what life looks like on Earth: nitrogen, water, carbon dioxide. But would this be true on another world? When looking for life in the atmospheres of exoplanets, we might want to consider searching for something completely different.