Clouds in the atmosphere of the super-Earth exoplanet GJ 1214b

Two Earth-sized planets orbiting Kepler-20

Earth as an extrasolar planet: Earth model validation using EPOXI Earth observations

Properties of an Earth-like planet orbiting a Sun-like star: Earth observed by the EPOXI mission

Possible thermochemical disequilibrium in the atmosphere of the exoplanet GJ 436b

For the first time in human history, we know for certain the existence of planets around other stars. Now the fastest-growing field in space science, the time is right for this fundamental source book on the topic which will lay the foundation for its continued growth.Exoplanets serves as both an introduction for the non-specialist and a foundation for the techniques and equations used in exoplanet observation by those dedicated to the field.

Exoplanets (Space Science Series)

Over the past twenty years, astronomers have identified hundreds of extrasolar planets--planets orbiting stars other than the sun. Recent research in this burgeoning field has made it possible to observe and measure the atmospheres of these exoplanets. This is the first textbook to describe the basic physical processes--including radiative transfer, molecular absorption, and chemical processes--common to all planetary atmospheres, as well as the transit, eclipse, and thermal phase variation observations that are unique to exoplanets. In each chapter, Sara Seager offers a conceptual introduction, examples that combine the relevant physics equations with real data, and exercises. Topics range from foundational knowledge, such as the origin of atmospheric composition and planetary spectra, to more advanced concepts, such as solutions to the radiative transfer equation, polarization, and molecular and condensate opacities. Since planets vary widely in their atmospheric properties, Seager emphasizes the major physical processes that govern all planetary atmospheres. Moving from first principles to cutting-edge research, Exoplanet Atmospheres is an ideal resource for students and researchers in astronomy and earth sciences, one that will help prepare them for the next generation of planetary science.  The first textbook to describe exoplanet atmospheres  Illustrates concepts using examples grounded in real data  Provides a step-by-step guide to understanding the structure and emergent spectrum of a planetary atmosphere  Includes exercises for students 

Exoplanet Atmospheres: Physical Processes (Princeton Series in Astrophysics)

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Sara Seager is an astrophysicist and planetary scientist at MIT. Her science research focuses on theory, computation, and data analysis of exoplanets. Her research has introduced many new ideas to the field of exoplanet characterization, including work that led to the first detection of an exoplanet atmosphere. Professor Seager also works in space instrumentation and space missions for exoplanets, including CubeSats, as a co-investigator on the MIT-led TESS, a NASA Explorer Mission to be launched in 2017, and she chaired the NASA Science and Technology Definition Team for a “Probe-class” Starshade and telescope system for direct imaging discovery and characterization of Earth analogs.

Before joining MIT in 2007, Professor Seager spent four years on the senior research staff at the Carnegie Institution of Washington preceded by three years at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, NJ. Her PhD is from Harvard University. Professor Seager is on the advisory board for Planetary Resources. Professor Seager was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2015, is a 2013 MacArthur Fellow, the 2012 recipient of the Raymond and Beverly Sackler Prize in the Physical Sciences, and the 2007 recipient of the American Astronomical Society’s Helen B. Warner Prize. She has been widely recognized in the media, most recently in Time Magazine’s 25 Most Influential in Space in 2012.

Exoplanet Habitable Zones

Exoplanet Atmospheres

Exoplanet Interior Composition

Sara Seager 

The Woman Who Might Find Us Another Earth

Sara Seager: How Close Are We To Finding Life On Another Planet?

Meet astrophysicist Sara Seager, Canadian ‘genius’

NASA’s next exoplanet hunter will seek worlds close to home

Professor of Planetary Science, Physics, and Aerospace Engineering

Sara Seager is a professor of planetary science and physics at MIT and a contributor to a recent collection of essays on the current state of the search for life beyond Earth.

Here she gives an in-depth presentation on the state of the art in detecting exoplanets, including what more we can learn about them now than we have been able to up to this point, and what the future holds for this field.

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Prof. Sara Seager: "Mapping Nearby Stars for Habitable Exoplanets" | Talks at Google

Interview with Sara Seager, Professor of Planetary Science and Physics, MIT, conducted by science journalist James Bedsole, May, 2015.

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