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NASA’s Webb Images Cold Exoplanet 12 Light-Years Away

July 24, 2024

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An international team of astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has directly imaged an exoplanet roughly 12 light-years from Earth. The planet, Epsilon Indi Ab, is one of the coldest exoplanets observed to date. The planet is several times the mass of Jupiter and orbits the K-type star Epsilon Indi A (Eps Ind A),…
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Discovery Alert: With Six New Worlds, 5,500 Discovery Milestone Passed!

July 16, 2024

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On Aug. 24, 2023, more than three decades after the first confirmation of planets beyond our own solar system, scientists announced the discovery of six new exoplanets, stretching that number to 5,502. From zero exoplanet confirmations to over 5,500 in just a few decades, this new milestone marks another major step in the journey to…
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Coming in Hot — NASA’s Chandra Checks Habitability of Exoplanets

June 12, 2024

Lee Mohon

This graphic shows a three-dimensional map of stars near the Sun. These stars are close enough that they could be prime targets for direct imaging searches for planets using future telescopes. The blue haloes represent stars that have been observed with NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and ESA’s XMM-Newton. The yellow star at the center of…
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Webb Finds Plethora of Carbon Molecules Around Young Star

June 6, 2024

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An international team of astronomers has used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to study the disk of gas and dust around a young, very low-mass star. The results reveal the largest number of carbon-containing molecules seen to date in such a disk. These findings have implications for the potential composition of any planets that might…
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NASA Tool Gets Ready to Image Faraway Planets

May 21, 2024

Anthony Greicius

A technology demo on the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will help increase the variety of distant planets scientists can directly image. The Roman Coronagraph Instrument on NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will help pave the way in the search for habitable worlds outside our solar system by testing new tools that block starlight,…
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NASA’s Webb Hints at Possible Atmosphere Surrounding Rocky Exoplanet

May 8, 2024

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Researchers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope may have detected atmospheric gases surrounding 55 Cancri e, a hot rocky exoplanet 41 light-years from Earth. This is the best evidence to date for the existence of any rocky planet atmosphere outside our solar system. Renyu Hu from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, is…
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Breaking the Scaling Limits: New Ultralow-noise Superconducting Camera for Exoplanet Searches

May 7, 2024

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When imaging faint objects such as distant stars or exoplanets, capturing every last bit of light is crucial to get the most out of a scientific mission. These cameras must be extremely low-noise, and be able to detect the smallest quantities of light—single photons. Superconducting cameras excel in both of these criteria, but have historically…
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NASA’s Webb Maps Weather on Planet 280 Light-Years Away

April 30, 2024

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An international team of researchers has successfully used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to map the weather on the hot gas-giant exoplanet WASP-43 b. Precise brightness measurements over a broad spectrum of mid-infrared light, combined with 3D climate models and previous observations from other telescopes, suggest the presence of thick, high clouds covering the nightside,…
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NASA Puts Next-Gen Exoplanet-Imaging Technology to the Test

January 31, 2024

Anthony Greicius

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. The Coronagraph Instrument on NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will demonstrate new technologies that could vastly increase the number of planets outside our solar system…
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NASA’s Hubble Finds Water Vapor in Small Exoplanet’s Atmosphere

January 25, 2024

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Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope observed the smallest exoplanet where water vapor has been detected in the atmosphere. At only approximately twice Earth’s diameter, the planet GJ 9827d could be an example of potential planets with water-rich atmospheres elsewhere in our galaxy. “This would be the first time that we can directly show through…
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NASA’s Webb Images Cold Exoplanet 12 Light-Years Away

Discovery Alert: With Six New Worlds, 5,500 Discovery Milestone Passed!

Coming in Hot — NASA’s Chandra Checks Habitability of Exoplanets

Webb Finds Plethora of Carbon Molecules Around Young Star

NASA Tool Gets Ready to Image Faraway Planets

NASA’s Webb Hints at Possible Atmosphere Surrounding Rocky Exoplanet

Breaking the Scaling Limits: New Ultralow-noise Superconducting Camera for Exoplanet Searches

NASA’s Webb Maps Weather on Planet 280 Light-Years Away

NASA Puts Next-Gen Exoplanet-Imaging Technology to the Test

NASA’s Hubble Finds Water Vapor in Small Exoplanet’s Atmosphere

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