Large Binocular Telescope Interferometer current Kepler Exoplanet Mission past Spitzer Space Telescope past Exoplanet Exploration at JPL JPL is at the forefront of a burgeoning and fascinating endeavor — developing technologies to hunt for exoplanets, which are planets beyond our solar system.
NASA's SPARCS spacecraft achieved first light in UV, confirming it's ready to study low-mass stars and assess the habitability of their exoplanets.
Robotic Space Exploration - www.jpl.nasa.gov The official number of exoplanets — planets outside our solar system — tracked by NASA has reached 6,000. Confirmed planets are added to the count on a rolling basis by scientists from around the world, so no single planet is considered the 6,000th entry. The number is monitored by NASA’s Exoplanet Science Institute (NExScI), based at Caltech ...
Twelve Exoplanet discoveries from Kepler that are less than twice the size of Earth and reside in the habitable zone of their host star. The sizes of the exoplanets are represented by the size of each sphere. These are arranged by size from left to right, and by the type of star they orbit, from the M stars that are significantly cooler and smaller than the sun, to the K stars that are ...
Some exoplanets seem to be losing their atmospheres and shrinking. In a new study using NASA’s retired Kepler Space Telescope, astronomers find evidence of a possible cause: The cores of these planets are pushing away their atmospheres from the inside out. Exoplanets (planets outside our solar system) come in a variety of sizes, from small, rocky planets to colossal gas giants. In the middle ...