R08 / Flagship research program

Planetary Systems and Habitability

Planetary formation, climate, atmospheres, geology, and habitability using remote sensing and open mission datasets.

Program statusOpen mission-data program
Primary facilityCenter for Planetary Systems & Habitability
Research fields

PLANETARY · CLIMATE · SPACE

Program mission

From consequential questions to verifiable outcomes

Combine geological, atmospheric, climate, and astrochemical evidence to understand how habitable conditions emerge and disappear.
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Core questions

  1. 01

    Which remote-sensing signals genuinely indicate habitable processes?

  2. 02

    How can planetary climate tipping points be compared?

  3. 03

    How do small bodies influence planetary evolution?

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Research methods

  1. 01

    Mission-data fusion

  2. 02

    Experimental geochemistry

  3. 03

    Comparative climate modeling

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Program outcomes

  1. 01

    Planetary environment atlases

  2. 02

    Open analysis pipelines

  3. 03

    Habitability assessment models

FACILITY / WARSAW

Center for Planetary Systems & Habitability

Combine geological, atmospheric, climate, and astrochemical evidence to understand how habitable conditions emerge and disappear.

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