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ReviewPhilosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences2025

The diversity of exoplanetary environments and the search for signs of life beyond Earth.

Sara Seager, Janusz J Petkowski, William Bains

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Review in Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Chance and purpose in the evolution of biospheres.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Sara SeagerDepartment of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6892-6948
Janusz J PetkowskiFaculty of Environmental Engineering, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Wroclaw, 50-370, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-1921-4848
William BainsSchool of Physics & Astronomy, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-5503-3764

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Thousands of exoplanets orbit nearby stars, showcasing a remarkable diversity in mass, size and orbits. With the James Webb Space Telescope now operational, we are observing exoplanet atmospheres and aiming to reach down to small, habitable-zone exoplanets in search of signs of habitability and possibly even biosignature gases. Given the scarcity of targets, it is imperative to embrace the known diversity and consider the range of exoplanets that might host life. We review how Earth life interacts with various atmospheric gases, noting that bacteria can survive in high concentrations of gases such as H

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ExobiologyExtraterrestrial EnvironmentPlanetsAtmosphereEarth, PlanetGasesGasesbiosignature gasesexoplanetshabitability

Identifiers

PMID40770979
PMCPMC12329444

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