Planetary Atmosphere Evolution: Do Other Habitable Planets Exist and Can We Detect Them?

James F. Kasting

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Abstract

The goal of this conference is to consider whether it is possible within the next few decades to detect Earth-like planets around other stars using telescopes or interferometers on the ground or in space. Implicit in the term "Earth-like" is the idea that such planets might be habitable by Earth-like organisms, or that they might actually be inhabited. Here, I shall address two questions from the standpoint of planetary atmosphere evolution. First, what are the chances that habitable planets exist around other stars? And, second, if inhabited planets exist, what would be the best way to detect them?

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)3-24
Number of pages22
JournalAstrophysics and Space Science
Volume241
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 1996

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Space and Planetary Science

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