Terrestrial Exoplanets

Webb Study Reveals Rocky Planets Can Form in Extreme Environments – NASA

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Webb Study Reveals Rocky Planets Can Form in Extreme Environments – NASA

An international team of astronomers has used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to provide the first observation of water and other molecules in the highly irradiated inner, rocky-planet-forming regions of a disk in one of the most extreme environments in our galaxy. These results suggest that the conditions for terrestrial planet formation can occur in … Read more

Why NASA’s Roman Mission Will Study Milky Way’s Flickering Lights – NASA

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Why NASA’s Roman Mission Will Study Milky Way’s Flickering Lights – NASA

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will provide one of the deepest-ever views into the heart of our Milky Way galaxy. The mission will monitor hundreds of millions of stars in search of tell-tale flickers that betray the presence of planets, distant stars, small icy objects that haunt the outskirts of our solar system, isolated … Read more