Stockholders' Equity - Other Offerings and ATM Facility (Details) - At The Market Offering - Silicon Valley Bank Securities LLC and Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. - USD ($) shares in Millions, $ in Millions	1 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2023	Apr. 30, 2022
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Common stock, sold	3.4	4.8
Aggregate gross proceeds	$ 27.5	$ 75.0
Payments of stock offering costs	$ 0.8	$ 2.3

The cash inflow from issuance of common stock, gross before deducting underwriting discounts, commissions and offering expenses.

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The cash outflow for cost incurred directly with the issuance of an equity security.

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Number of shares of stock issued as of the balance sheet date, including shares that had been issued and were previously outstanding but which are now held in the treasury.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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