Exoplanets

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
Dark Energy
Dark Matter
Exoplanets
Goddard Space Flight Center
Science-enabling Technology
The Universe
The primary instrument for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is a sophisticated camera that will survey the cosmos from the outskirts of our solar system all the way out to the edge of the observable universe. Called the Wide Field Instrument, it was recently delivered to the agency’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, […]
Posted August 13, 2024
Citizen Science
Exoplanets
Goddard Space Flight Center
Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
NASA’s upcoming flagship astrophysics missions, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope and the Habitable Worlds Observatory, will study planets outside our solar system, known as exoplanets.
Posted August 8, 2024
Astrophysics
Exoplanet Science
Exoplanets
Gas Giant Exoplanets
Goddard Space Flight Center
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
Science & Research
Studying Exoplanets
The Universe
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), […]
Posted July 24, 2024
Exoplanet Discoveries
Exoplanet Exploration Program
Exoplanets
Gas Giant Exoplanets
Studying Exoplanets
Super-Earth Exoplanets
Terrestrial Exoplanets
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 […]
Posted July 17, 2024
Astrophysics
Exoplanet Atmosphere
Exoplanet Science
Exoplanets
Gas Giant Exoplanets
Goddard Space Flight Center
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
Science & Research
The Universe
Near-infrared spectral analysis of terminator confirms differences in morning and evening atmosphere Researchers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have finally confirmed what models have previously predicted: An exoplanet has differences between its eternal morning and eternal evening atmosphere.
Posted July 15, 2024
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
Astrophysics
Exoplanets
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Stars
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. Scientists recently got a big surprise from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope when they turned the observatory toward a group of young stars called WL 20. The region has been studied since […]
Posted June 13, 2024
Chandra X-Ray Observatory
Astrophysics
Exoplanet Science
Exoplanets
Galaxies, Stars, & Black Holes Research
Marshall Astrophysics
Marshall Science Research & Projects
Marshall Space Flight Center
Science & Research
Stars
Studying Exoplanets
The Universe
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 […]
Posted June 12, 2024
Astrophysics
Exoplanet Science
Exoplanets
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
Missions
Planetary Nebulae
Planetary Science
Planets
Science & Research
Studying Exoplanets
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 […]
Posted June 6, 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
Astrophysics
Citizen Science
Exoplanets
The Universe
Exoplanets, planets outside of our own solar system, hold the keys to finding extraterrestrial life and understanding the origin of our own world.
Posted May 28, 2024
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