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The NASA Exoplanet Archive, managed by NExScI, has added two exciting new exoplanets: Gliese 12 b and SPECULOOS-3 b. Both are nearby Earth-sized worlds that are prime candidates for JWST follow-up studies.
NASA has selected 24 new Fellows, including 8 Sagan Fellows, for its prestigious NASA Hubble Fellowship Program (NHFP).
NASA Hubble/Sagan postdoctoral fellow Jake Turner of Cornell is a science adviser on NASA's first radio telescope ever to land on the moon. The telescope will observer Earth in the radio as if it's an exoplanet and lay a foundation for detecting habitable planets in our solar system.
NExScI scientist Jessie Christiansen is lead author on a recent paper that explores why some exoplanets seem to be losing their atmospheres and shrinking.
A team led by astronomers at The University of Texas at Austin used NASA Keck time to capture images of the lowest-mass extrasolar planet ever discovered that has a direct mass measurement and an orbit similar to giant planets in our own solar system.
Astronomers using W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea in Hawai'i have discovered that aurorae at visible wavelengths appear on all 4 major moons of Jupiter. This work was partially supported by a NASA Keck PI Data Award administered by NExScI.
In support of NASA's search for life, the NASA Exoplanet Archive has launched a new interactive table of nearby stars that are likely to be targeted by the Habitable Worlds Observatory.
NASA has selected 24 new Fellows, including 7 Sagan Fellows, for its prestigious NASA Hubble Fellowship Program (NHFP). NExScI Deputy Director, Dawn Gelino, is one of the co-leads of the NHFP.
NASA Keck time was used to directly image a Jupiter-like gas giant located 132.8 light-years away. This work was supported by a NASA Keck PI Data Award administered by NExScI.
The NASA Exoplanet Science Institute is operated by the California Institute of Technology, under contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration under the Exoplanet Exploration Program.
