Exoplanets

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
Exoplanet Science
Exoplanets
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Studying Exoplanets
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, […]
Posted May 21, 2024
Ames Research Center
Astrophysics
Exoplanets
Gas Giant Exoplanets
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
Science & Research
The Universe
Why is the warm gas-giant exoplanet WASP-107 b so puffy? Two independent teams of researchers have an answer.
Posted May 20, 2024
Exoplanet Science
Exoplanets
Red Dwarfs
Terrestrial Exoplanets
Our galaxy is a jewel box of red stars. More than 70% of the stars in the Milky Way are M dwarfs, also known as red dwarfs. These stars are cool and dim compared with our Sun, but they often blast orbiting exoplanets with high-energy radiation, especially early in their lives. And those ‘‘lives’’ last […]
Posted May 15, 2024
Astrophysics
Exoplanet Atmosphere
Exoplanet Science
Exoplanets
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
Science & Research
Studying Exoplanets
Super-Earth Exoplanets
The Universe
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.
Posted May 8, 2024
Astrophysics
Exoplanet Science
Exoplanets
Science-enabling Technology
Studying Exoplanets
Technology Highlights
The Universe
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.
Posted May 7, 2024
Astrophysics
Exoplanet Atmosphere
Exoplanet Science
Exoplanets
Gas Giant Exoplanets
Hubble Space Telescope
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
Missions
Science & Research
Studying Exoplanets
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.
Posted April 30, 2024
Earth-like Exoplanets
Eclipses
Exoplanets
Gas Giant Exoplanets
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite)
The Universe
Our star, the Sun, on occasion joins forces with the Moon to offer us Earthlings a spectacular solar eclipse – like the one that will be visible to parts of the United States, Mexico, and Canada on April 8. But out there, among the other stars, how often can we see similar eclipses? The answer […]
Posted April 2, 2024
Exoplanet Discoveries
Exoplanets
Gas Giant Exoplanets
Goddard Institute for Space Studies
TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite)
Two recently discovered exoplanets, gas giants possibly similar to Saturn, could be candidates for further atmospheric investigation.
Posted March 7, 2024
NASA History
Exoplanets
Kepler / K2
The Kepler mission enabled the discovery of thousands of exoplanets, revealing a deep truth about our place in the cosmos: there are more planets than stars in the Milky Way galaxy. The road to this fundamental change in our understanding of the universe, however, required almost 20 years of persistence before the mission became a […]
Posted March 6, 2024
General
Ames Research Center
Ames Research Center's Science Directorate
Diversity at NASA
Exoplanet Atmosphere
Exoplanets
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
Missions
NASA Centers & Facilities
People of NASA
Science is often portrayed as a solitary affair, where discoveries are made by lone geniuses toiling in isolation. But Dr. Natasha Batalha, an astronomer at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley, says solving problems with the people around her is one of the best parts of her job.  “Oh, man, working with people […]
Posted February 21, 2024
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