Exoplanet Detection Methods

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TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite)
The Discovery A huge planet with a long name – IRAS 04125+2902 b – is really just a baby: only 3 million years old. And because such infant worlds are usually hidden inside obscuring disks of debris, it is the youngest planet so far discovered using the dominant method of planet detection. Key Facts The […]
Posted November 20, 2024
Exoplanet Detection Methods
Exoplanet Science
Exoplanet Transits
Exoplanets
Radial Velocity
Super-Earth Exoplanets
The discovery A planet thought to orbit the star 40 Eridani A – host to Mr. Spock’s fictional home planet, Vulcan, in the “Star Trek” universe – is really a kind of astronomical illusion caused by the pulses and jitters of the star itself, a new study shows. Key facts The possible detection of a […]
Posted May 28, 2024
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A system of seven sweltering planets has been revealed by continued study of data from NASA’s retired Kepler space telescope: Each one is bathed in more radiant heat from their host star per area than any planet in our solar system. Also unlike any of our immediate neighbors, all seven planets in this system, named […]
Posted November 2, 2023
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TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite)
The Kuiper Belt
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The Universe
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will provide one of the deepest-ever views into the heart of our Milky Way galaxy. The mission will monitor hundreds of millions of stars in search of tell-tale flickers that betray the presence of planets, distant stars, small icy objects that haunt the outskirts of our solar system, isolated […]
Posted October 24, 2023
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