Exploring Exoplanets | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
Oct 28, 2024 · Exoplanet Exploration at JPL JPL is at the forefront of a burgeoning and fascinating endeavor — developing technologies to hunt for exoplanets, which are planets …
'Exoplanets' and the Search for Habitable Worlds
Oct 11, 2024 · Twenty years after the first discovery of a planet orbiting another sun-like star, scientists have discovered the most Earth-like exoplanet ever: Kepler-452b. Located in the …
NASA Puts Next-Gen Exoplanet-Imaging Technology to the Test
Jan 31, 2024 · But if scientists were trying to obtain images of an Earth-like planet in another solar system (same size, same distance from a star similar to our Sun), they wouldn’t be able to see …
Webb Detects Tiny Quartz Crystals in Clouds of Hot Gas Giant
Oct 16, 2023 · Researchers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have detected evidence for quartz nanocrystals in the high-altitude clouds of WASP-17 b, a hot Jupiter …
NASA’s Webb Hints at Possible Atmosphere Surrounding Rocky …
May 8, 2024 · “Webb is pushing the frontiers of exoplanet characterization to rocky planets,” Hu said. “It is truly enabling a new type of science.” Super-Hot Super-Earth 55 Cancri e. 55 Cancri …
NASA’s Webb Maps Weather on Planet 280 Light-Years Away
Apr 30, 2024 · WASP-43 b is a “hot Jupiter” type of exoplanet: similar in size to Jupiter, made primarily of hydrogen and helium, and much hotter than any of the giant planets in our own …
NASA Wants You to Help Study Planets Around Other Stars
Jan 10, 2023 · “With Exoplanet Watch you can learn how to observe exoplanets and do data analysis using software that actual NASA scientists use,” said Rob Zellem, the creator of …
The Art of Exoplanets | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
Jun 8, 2017 · This artist's concept depicts Kepler-186f, the first confirmed Earth-sized exoplanet that may host liquid water on its surface and a candidate for further study. Credits: NASA …
NASA’s Webb Images Cold Exoplanet 12 Light-Years Away
Jul 24, 2024 · Epsilon Indi Ab is the 12th closest exoplanet to Earth known to date and the closest planet more massive than Jupiter. The science team chose to study Eps Ind A because the …
NASA Data Reveals Possible Reason Some Exoplanets Are Shrinking
Nov 15, 2023 · “Scientists have now confirmed the detection of over 5,000 exoplanets, but there are fewer planets than expected with a diameter between 1.5 and 2 times that of Earth,” said …