Abstract
Habitable planets are likely to exist around stars not too different from the Sun if current theories about terrestrial climate evolution are correct. Some of these planets may have evolved life, and some of the inhabited planets may have evolved O2-rich atmospheres. Such atmospheres could be detected spectroscopically on planets around nearby stars using a space-based interferometer to search for the 9.6μm band of O3. Planets with O2-rich atmospheres that lie within the habitable zone around their parent star are, in all probability, inhabited.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 291-307 |
Number of pages | 17 |
Journal | Origins of life and evolution of the biosphere |
Volume | 27 |
Issue number | 1-3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1997 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
- Space and Planetary Science