The nearest potentially habitable planet to Earth – Exoplanet ...
Dec 16, 2015 · UNSW Australia astronomers have discovered the closest potentially habitable planet found outside our solar system so far, orbiting a star just 14 light-years away. The planet, more than four times the mass of the Earth, is one of three that the team detected around a red dwarf star called Wolf 1061.
Background Information | What is Exoplanet Watch? – Exoplanet ...
We call the planets outside of our solar system extrasolar planets, or exoplanets. In the mid-1990’s, scientists started finding ways to detect exoplanets orbiting distant stars. Since then, over 5,000 exoplanets have been discovered, and the list …
Exoplanet Catalog - NASA Science - Exoplanet Exploration
3 days ago · This exoplanetary encyclopedia — continuously updated, with more than 5,800 entries — combines interactive 3D models and detailed data on all confirmed exoplanets. When you select a planet’s name, see a visualization of each …
5 Ways to Find a Planet | Explore – Exoplanet Exploration: Planets ...
NASA’s Exoplanet Exploration Program, the search for planets and life beyond our solar system.
Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) - Exoplanet Exploration
Mar 22, 2021 · In capturing this giant mosaic, TESS found 66 new exoplanets, or worlds beyond our solar system, as well as nearly 2,100 candidates astronomers are working to confirm. “TESS is producing a torrent of high-quality observations providing valuable data across a wide range of science topics,” said Patricia Boyd, the project scientist for TESS ...
Seeing, Believing: 15 Years of Exoplanet Images
Dec 12, 2023 · Take a trip outside our solar system and see the creative posters for the real planets we've discovered. Worlds like 55 Cancri e, where skies sparkle above a never-ending ocean of lava.
Historic Timeline | Explore – Exoplanet Exploration: Planets Beyond …
Relying on data from the Kepler and Spitzer space telescopes, astronomers announce the creation of the first cloud map of a planet outside our solar system—a scorching world 50 percent larger than Jupiter called Kepler-7b.
Historic Timeline | Explore – Exoplanet Exploration: Planets Beyond …
A timeline of discovery: NASA's early work searching for planets beyond our solar system through notable exoplanet discoveries.
NASA telescope reveals largest batch of Earth-size, habitable-zone ...
Feb 21, 2017 · Three of these planets are firmly located in the habitable zone, the area around the parent star where a rocky planet is most likely to have liquid water. The discovery sets a new record for greatest number of habitable-zone planets …
Hubble observes exoplanet that snows sunscreen
Oct 26, 2017 · NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has found a blistering hot planet outside our solar system where it "snows" sunscreen. The problem is the sunscreen (titanium oxide) precipitation only happens on the planet's permanent nighttime side.