Habitable Worlds

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What makes worlds habitable and what are the requirements for the emergence of life?

How do we define habitability? What does the study of other Solar System planets tell us about potential life? How does the study of Earth help us research habitability on other planets? What do atmospheres, ice and volcanic activity on other planets mean for the emergence of life? What does a planet's geomorphology tell us about its habitability?

 

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Marrick Braam

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Prebiotic Chemistry in Exoplanet Environments

The diversity of temperate rocky exoplanets provides opportunities to study environments where life might arise. In an interdisciplinary effort combining exoplanetary science, climate modelling, and prebiotic chemistry, we aim to understand the environmental conditions on these worlds, assess whether they can support prebiotic chemistry, and explore how their atmospheres may be characterised by future space-based observatories.