Exoplanet Program: ExEP In Depth - Exoplanet Exploration
Nov 18, 2016 · The NASA Exoplanet Exploration Program (ExEP) science and missions represent an undertaking of unprecedented scope and ambition, promising insight into …
In the zone: How scientists search for habitable planets
Jul 17, 2013 · Do other planets beyond our solar system, called exoplanets, also host life forms? Astronomers still don't know the answer, but they search for potentially habitable planets using …
Seeing, Believing: 15 Years of Exoplanet Images
Dec 12, 2023 · But 15 years ago this fall, the star system Beta Pictoris yielded one of the most iconic pictures in astrophysics: a direct image of a planet orbiting another star. The young, …
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 …
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 · The discovery sets a new record for greatest number of habitable-zone planets found around a single star outside our solar system. All of these seven planets could have …
Discovery Alert: A 'Super-Earth' in the Habitable Zone
Jan 31, 2024 · In a system with two known planets, astronomers spotted something new: a small object transiting across the Sun-sized star. This turned out to be another planet: extra hot and …
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, …
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 …
Exoplanet Program: Exoplanet Program - Exoplanet Exploration
Jan 27, 2022 · In 2018, NASA retired the spacecraft within its current, safe orbit, away from Earth. Kepler leaves a legacy of more than 2,600 planet discoveries from outside our solar system, …