Exploring Exoplanets | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
Sep 17, 2025 · 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 …
NASA’s Tally of Planets Outside Our Solar System Reaches 6,000
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 …
'Exoplanets' and the Search for Habitable Worlds
Oct 11, 2024 · 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 …
Cosmic Milestone: NASA Confirms 5,000 Exoplanets
Mar 21, 2022 · The count of confirmed exoplanets just ticked past the 5,000 mark, representing a 30-year journey of discovery led by NASA space telescopes.
NASA’s Webb Images Cold Exoplanet 12 Light-Years Away
Jul 24, 2024 · The gas-giant exoplanet Epsilon Indi Ab imaged using the MIRI instrument on NASA’s Webb telescope. A star symbol marks the location of the host star, whose light has been blocked by …
NASA’s Webb Hints at Possible Atmosphere Surrounding Rocky …
May 8, 2024 · 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. This is …
NASA Data Reveals Possible Reason Some Exoplanets Are Shrinking
Nov 15, 2023 · 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 …
Kepler - Universe Missions - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Mar 6, 2009 · Kepler Exoplanet Mission Kepler was a space telescope designed to survey a portion of the Milky Way galaxy in search of exoplanets, which are planets outside our solar system.
Habitable Exoplanet Observatory (HabEx)
Nov 4, 2021 · The Habitable Exoplanet Observatory (HabEx) is a concept for a mission to directly image planetary systems around Sun-like stars. HabEx will be sensitive to all types of planets; however its …
Overlooked Treasure: The First Evidence of Exoplanets
Nov 1, 2017 · Glossary Exoplanet: a planet orbiting a star other than the Sun. White dwarf: a dim, dense, compact star -- the remnant core that remains after intermediate-mass stars (similar to the …