ERC Starting Grant · 2023
Exoplanets and Belts of Exocomets Around Nearby Stars
The conditions for the origin of life on Earth-like planets are developed during the last steps of planet formation, when the planetary system is 10 to a few hundred million years old. Of crucial importance are basic feedstock ‘volatile’ molecules for prebiotic chemistry, which could be absent from terrestrial planets that may have formed dry. The goal of E-BEANS is to study Exoplanets and Belts of Exocomets Around Nearby Stars to understand their potential to affect the presence of volatiles on terrestrial planets. Exocometary belts in the cold, outer reaches of planetary systems represent the volatile ice reservoir. Outer Neptune-like exoplanets can interact with them to send exocomets…
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