About the Platform

The Science of Alternative Worlds

Exogenesis is a small research platform built around a simple question — are there other worlds out there that could support life? We try to answer it carefully, using observational data and open science.

Our Mission

Finding the next Earth is a long journey — and we're just getting started.

With over 5,500 confirmed exoplanets and thousands more candidates, the challenge is no longer discovery — it's understanding. Exogenesis is our attempt to bring some clarity to that challenge, one data point at a time.

We believe open, reproducible science moves things forward. Every model, dataset, and pipeline we develop is published openly — because this question is too big for any one team.

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Methodology

Scientific Pillars

Our research framework is built on six interconnected disciplines, each contributing to a comprehensive habitability assessment.

Spectroscopic Analysis

We apply transmission and emission spectroscopy techniques to identify atmospheric biosignatures — oxygen, methane, water vapor, and carbon dioxide — in exoplanet atmospheres observed by JWST, Hubble, and ground-based observatories.

Habitability Framework

Our Earth Similarity Index (ESI) methodology extends beyond simple stellar flux calculations. We model 47 parameters including tidal locking probability, magnetic field estimates, stellar activity, and orbital stability.

Comparative Planetology

By comparing exoplanet properties against Solar System analogs and known extremophile environments on Earth, we build probabilistic models of surface conditions and potential biochemistry.

Multi-Mission Data Fusion

Exogenesis integrates data from 15+ space missions — Kepler, K2, TESS, Gaia, CHEOPS, and JWST — into a unified catalog with standardized uncertainty propagation and cross-validation.

Atmospheric Modeling

Radiative-convective equilibrium models simulate planetary atmospheres under varying stellar irradiation, greenhouse gas concentrations, and albedo conditions to predict surface temperature ranges.

Open Science

All datasets, models, and analysis pipelines are published under open licenses. We contribute to the NASA Exoplanet Archive and maintain reproducible research notebooks for every published study.

Data Attribution