Methane could be the first detectable indication of life beyond Earth
https://news.ucsc.edu/2022/03/methane-biosignatures.html
Webb telescope is about to take an unprecedented look at these intriguing exoplanets
https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/18/world/james-webb-space-telescope-planet-targets-scn/index.html
Haziness of exoplanet atmospheres depends on properties of aerosol particles
https://news.ucsc.edu/2021/07/exoplanet-hazes.html
Jonathan Fortney garners Simons Investigator in Astrophysics award
https://news.ucsc.edu/2021/06/fortney-simons-investigator.html
Baked meteorites yield clues to planetary atmospheres
https://news.ucsc.edu/2021/04/meteorite-outgassing.html
Study warns of ‘oxygen false positives’ in search for signs of life on other planets
https://news.ucsc.edu/2021/04/exoplanet-atmospheres.html
UC Santa Cruz leads interdisciplinary consortium for astrobiology research
https://news.ucsc.edu/2020/11/astrobiology-consortium.html
The Habitable Zone Planet Finder
https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/newly-discovered-exoplanet-is-close-to-earth
New telescope to look for laser pulses from life around other planets
https://news.berkeley.edu/story_jump/new-telescope-to-look-for-laser-pulses-from-life-around-other-planets/
Astronomers Detect Large Amounts Of Oxygen In Ancient Star’s Atmosphere
https://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/pressrelease/large-amounts-of-oxygen-detected-in-ancient-stars-atmosphere
Are there oceans on other planets?
https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/et-oceans.html#:~:text=Scientists%20believe%20that%20Jupiter’s%20moon%20Europa%20has%20a%20subsurface%20ocean%20as%20well.&text=Keck%20Observatory%2C%20scientists%20have%20determined,zone%20and%20could%20host%20life.
Distant Moons May Harbor Life
https://ucrtoday.ucr.edu/53792