Hybrid Friday Lecture Series
(open to the Rockefeller and Tri-Institutional communities)
Friday, March 22, 2024
Anat Shahar, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor, University of Maryland; Staff Scientist, Associate Science Deputy, Deputy for Research Advancement, Earth and Planets Lab, Carnegie Institution for Science
Detecting “Life” on Exoplanets
Recommended Readings:
Balmer, William. “How astronomers search for life on exoplanets.” The Planetary Society (2023).
“What Is an Exoplanet?.” NASA Exoplanet Exploration (2021).
Kiang, Nancy Y., et al. “Exoplanet biosignatures: at the dawn of a new era of planetary observations.” Astrobiology 18.6 (2018): 619-629.
Grenfell, John Lee. “A review of exoplanetary biosignatures.” Physics Reports 713 (2017): 1-17.
Seager, Sara. “Exoplanet habitability.” Science 340.6132 (2013): 577-581.
