What If We Find Nothing? Bayesian Analysis of the Statistical Information of Null Results in Future Exoplanet Habitability and Biosignature Surveys
Daniel Angerhausen et al 2025 AJ 169 238 Using Bayesian statistical methods, researchers determine the number of “perfect” and imperfect observations necessary to draw conclusions about the frequency…
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