Explore the Surface - Kepler 186f - Exoplanet Exploration
WEBKepler-186f is the first Earth-size planet discovered in the potentially 'habitable zone' around another star, where liquid water could exist on the planet's surface. Its star is much cooler and redder than our Sun.
Exoplanet - Wikipedia
WEBAn exoplanet or extrasolar planet is a planet outside the Solar System. The first possible evidence of an exoplanet was noted in 1917 but was not then recognized as such. The first confirmation of the detection occurred in 1992. A different planet, first detected in 1988, was confirmed in 2003.
Largest Batch of Earth-size Habitable Zone Planets Found Orbiting ...
WEBIn a press release on February 22, 2017, NASA announced the discovery of the most Earth-sized planets found in the habitable zone of a single star, called TRAPPIST-1. This system of seven rocky worlds–all of them with the potential for water on their surface – is an exciting discovery in the search for life on other worlds.
Eyes on Exoplanets - NASA's Eyes
WEBAn exoplanet is a planet that is not in our solar system. It is estimated that there is at least one planet for every star in the galaxy, so there are a huge number to discover. Explore over 5,500 confirmed exoplanet systems in this 3D interactive simulation.
Exoplanets - NASA Science
WEBAn exoplanet is any planet beyond our solar system. Most of them orbit other stars, but some free-floating exoplanets, called rogue planets, are untethered to any star. We’ve confirmed more than 5,600 exoplanets out of the billions that we believe exist.
NASA’s Webb Confirms Its First Exoplanet
WEBJan 11, 2023 · Researchers confirmed an exoplanet, a planet that orbits another star, using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope for the first time. Formally classified as LHS 475 b, the planet is almost exactly the same size as our …
NASA Gets a Rare Look at a Rocky Exoplanet’s Surface
WEBAug 19, 2019 · A new study using data from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope provides a rare glimpse of conditions on the surface of a rocky planet orbiting a star beyond the Sun.
Take a Virtual Trip to a Strange New World with NASA
WEBMay 24, 2018 · With NASA's interactive Exoplanet Exploration website, you can virtually explore an imagined surface of planets that lie outside our solar system. Shown here, the imagined surface of Kepler-186f, an Earth-size planet orbiting a small red star located 492 light-years from Earth.
NASA Wants to Photograph the Surface of an Exoplanet
WEBApr 13, 2020 · A team of scientists plans to take a picture of one by turning the sun into a giant camera lens. An illustration of Kepler-186f, the first Earth-size planet to be discovered in a habitable...
In Depth: Exoplanets - Science@NASA
WEBAn exoplanet, or extrasolar planet, is a planet outside of our solar system that usually orbits another star in our galaxy. Exoplanets – planets outside our solar system – are everywhere. But why do we study them? What makes them so interesting?