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- Exploring Exoplanets | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
An overview of exoplanet missions and research at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Exoplanets and the Search for Habitable Worlds – Teachable Moment . . .
Scientists have discovered an Earth-like planet orbiting another star much like our sun But how do they know if no spacecraft or human has ever been there?
- NASA’s Webb Images Cold Exoplanet 12 Light-Years Away
Managed by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory through launch, Webb’s Mid-Infrared Instrument also revealed jets of gas flowing into space from the twin stars
- NASA’s Webb Hints at Possible Atmosphere Surrounding Rocky Exoplanet
While the planet is too hot to be habitable, detecting its atmosphere could provide insights into the early conditions of Earth, Venus, and Mars
- NASA’s Spitzer Illuminates Exoplanets in Astronomical Society Briefing
The infrared observatory may help answer questions about planets outside our solar system, or exoplanets, including how they form and what drives weather in their atmospheres
- NASA’s Webb Maps Weather on Planet 280 Light-Years Away
Webb’s MIRI instrument, managed through launch by JPL, has illuminated conditions on a planet that’s Jupiter-size but closer to its star than Mercury is to the Sun
- NASA Puts Next-Gen Exoplanet-Imaging Technology to the Test
A cutting-edge tool to view planets outside our solar system has passed two key tests ahead of its launch as part of the agency’s Roman Space Telescope by 2027
- Cosmic Milestone: NASA Confirms 5,000 Exoplanets
The count of confirmed exoplanets just ticked past the 5,000 mark, representing a 30-year journey of discovery led by NASA space telescopes
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