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Since July 2022, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has been unwaveringly focused on our universe. With its unprecedented power to detect and analyze otherwise invisible infrared light, Webb is making observations that were once impossible, changing our view of the cosmos from the most distant galaxies to our own solar system.
Posted July 2, 2025
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Goddard Space Flight Center
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
Science & Research
Studying Exoplanets
The Universe
A planetary system described as abnormal, chaotic, and strange by researchers has come into clearer view with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope.
Posted June 10, 2025
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Exoplanets
Studying Exoplanets
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The Discovery A possible “super-Earth” orbits a relatively close, Sun-like star, and could be a habitable world – but one of extreme temperature swings, from scorching heat to deep freeze. Key Facts The newly confirmed planet is the outermost of three detected so far around a star called HD 20794, just 20 light-years from Earth. […]
Posted March 11, 2025
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Studying Exoplanets
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Astronomers may have discovered a scrawny star bolting through the middle of our galaxy with a planet in tow. If confirmed, the pair sets a new record for the fastest-moving exoplanet system, nearly double our solar system’s speed through the Milky Way. The planetary system is thought to move at least 1.2 million miles per […]
Posted February 10, 2025
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Goddard Space Flight Center
Studying Exoplanets
The Universe
Pandora, NASA’s newest exoplanet mission, is one step closer to launch with the completion of the spacecraft bus, which provides the structure, power, and other systems that will enable the mission to carry out its work. “This is a huge milestone for us and keeps us on track for a launch in the fall,” said […]
Posted January 16, 2025
Astrophysics
Exoplanet Science
Exoplanets
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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
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Exoplanets
Gas Giant Exoplanets
Studying Exoplanets
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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
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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
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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
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
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