Can Carbon Fractionation Provide Evidence for Aerial Biospheres in the Atmospheres of Temperate Sub-Neptunes?

The search for signs of life on other worlds has largely focused on terrestrial planets. Recent work, however, argues that life could exist in the atmospheres of temperate sub-Neptunes. Here we evaluate the usefulness of carbon dioxide isotopologues as evidence of aerial life. Carbon isotopes are of...

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Main Authors: Glidden, Ana, Seager, Sara, Huang, Jingcheng, Petkowski, Janusz J, Ranjan, Sukrit
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Astronomical Society 2023
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/148478