Exploring Exoplanets | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
Sep 17, 2025 · 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 …
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 …
'Exoplanets' and the Search for Habitable Worlds
Oct 11, 2024 · 'Exoplanets' and the Search for Habitable Worlds In the News Twenty years after the first discovery of a planet orbiting another sun-like star, scientists have discovered the most Earth-like …
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 …
Possible Volcanic Moon Detected 635 Light-Years Away
Oct 10, 2024 · A new NASA-led study suggests that a potential exomoon may be orbiting the exoplanet WASP-49 b, a gas giant located 635 light-years from Earth. The possible exomoon is believed to be …
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.
NASA’s Tally of Planets Outside Our Solar System Reaches 6,000
Robotic Space Exploration - www.jpl.nasa.govThe 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 …
NASA Puts Next-Gen Exoplanet-Imaging Technology to the Test
Jan 31, 2024 · A cutting-edge tool to view planets outside our solar system has passed two key tests ahead of its launch as part of the agency’s Roman Space Telescope by 2027.
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 Finds New Evidence for Planet Around Closest Solar Twin
Aug 7, 2025 · If confirmed by additional observations, the team’s results could transform the future of exoplanet science. “This would become a touchstone object for exoplanet science, with multiple …