Speaker
Matteo Brogi
(University of Warwick)
Description
With complementary strategies, two main space missions in the 2040s (WHO and LIFE) are being designed in order to investigate and interpret the atmospheres of temperate, rocky exoplanets - including the search for biological signatures. In this short review I will recap the main science goals, the strategy of both observatories, and the reliance on scientific milestones of the previous decade, such as the exact mechanisms of the rocky-gaseous transition, atmosphere retention over geological times, and the diversity of rocky atmospheres. These earlier goals will be pivotal to put any putative measurement of biomarkers in context.
