Missions
Nasa’s Missions on Exoplanet archive includes: JWST James Webb Space Telescope, Spitzer Space Telescope, MAGELLAN telescope, Arecibo Observatory, TESS, Kepler Spacecraft, EXPRES, Cassini, Hubble, Webb Telescope, K2 Mission, NExSS, STTARS and more…
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Feb 20, 2020NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope will observe exoplanet worlds with the goal of making the first detailed near-infrared study of the atmosphere of a habitable-zone planet.
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Feb 18, 2020Scientists have discovered thousands of exoplanets. One way to search for signs of life on these worlds is to probe exoplanet atmospheres for "biosignatures" -- quirks in chemical composition that are telltale signs of life.
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Feb 13, 2020For the 30th anniversary of one of the most iconic views from the Voyager mission, NASA's JPL is publishing a new version of the image known as the "Pale Blue Dot."
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Feb 11, 2020NASA is sending a new laser-toting robot to Mars. But unlike the lasers of science fiction, this one is used for studying mineralogy and chemistry from up to about 20 feet (7 meters) away.
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Feb 5, 2020Could AI deceive us as much as the human eye does in the search for extraterrestrials? Scientists propose a curious experiment to compare how human beings and machines recognize planetary images.
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Feb 4, 2020In the scorching atmosphere of exoplanet KELT-9b, even molecules are torn to shreds.
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Jan 30, 2020NESSI was built to examine the atmospheres of planets that orbit stars beyond our Sun, or exoplanets, providing new insights into what these worlds are like.
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Jan 24, 2020Detection of ammonium salts may be a further indication that comet impacts may have made life on Earth possible.
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Jan 21, 2020New study finds surface waters on early Mars may have been habitable for microbial life
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Jan 9, 2020NASA's TESS mission finds first circumbinary planet, a world orbiting two stars.