Sentences with phrase «exoplanet discoveries»

A new catalog of exoplanet discoveries by NASA's Kepler space telescope has revealed two distinct size groups of small alien worlds, a finding that likely will have a huge impact on the search for extraterrestrial life.

Recent exoplanet discoveries suggest that their dream will come true in the not - too - distant future

Second, together with our international partners, NSF provides the tools that astronomers need to make precision measurements of planetary systems; the newly inaugurated Atacama Large Millimeter / submillimeter Array (ALMA) can study planets in the act of formation, while the Gemini Observatory is poised for new exoplanet discoveries with the Gemini Planet Imager (GPI) that will be commissioned in the next year.

The National Science Foundation's Division of Astronomical Sciences has continued to play a crucial role in furthering these discoveries, providing funds to help build and operate ground - based telescopes used for exoplanet discovery and observation.

Discovering the first true «alien Earth» is a long - held dream of astronomers — and recent exoplanet discoveries suggest that their dream will come true in the not - too - distant future.

Understanding more about where they form will assist future exoplanet discovery missions in the hunt for earth - like planets in binary star systems.»

Join us as we remember how Hubble has contributed to this important mission and explore the ways in which the upcoming James Webb Space Telescope will expand upon exoplanet discoveries in our new Hubble 25th anniversary science article, «What will we learn about exoplanets when the James Webb Space Telescope is launched?»

To rule out «false alarms» from bona fide exoplanet discoveries, Kepler's scientific team wanted to give themselves time to do follow - up observations on the most promising targets.

The first exoplanet discoveries upended the world of astronomy.

More exoplanet discoveries are expected to be announced next week in Moran, Wyoming, at a conference on extreme solar systems, and a new batch of Kepler data, based on 674 million observations recorded from September to December 2009, is scheduled for public release on 23 September.

«New hot Jupiter marks the first collaborative exoplanet discovery.»

The stepwise confirmation process highlights the directives behind follow - up work — to confirm exoplanet discoveries efficiently and inexpensively, explains Natalie Batalha, a professor of physics and astronomy at San Jose State University who did not contribute to the new research.

«Now with the Kepler 11 system we have five more of these intermediate - mass planets to add to the three from previous exoplanet discoveries.

«If you look at the other exoplanet discoveries, or shall I say the other candidate exoplanets found by ground - based observations, the contrast [between them and their stars] is a factor of 10,000 or 100,000,» Kalas says.

Kepler has made thousands of likely exoplanet discoveries, but in order for each planet to be considered «confirmed», its existence has to be verified using other instruments, a process that takes time.

Following a gold rush of exoplanet discovery over the past two decades, it is time to tackle the next step: determining which of the known exoplanets are proper candidates for life.

Named Kepler - 186f, this exciting new exoplanet discovery is of a similar size and potentially of a similar rocky make - up as our very own planet, Earth and most importantly, it orbits at a distance from its host star that would allow for temperatures conducive to the presence of liquid water.

A somewhat older, but excellent book on the beginning of the era of exoplanet discovery and characterization.

«There are hints from recent exoplanet discoveries that relatively puny planets may be even more common around red dwarfs than Earth mass or larger ones, in which case there may indeed be a bonanza of potentially habitable planets whirling around these cool red stars,» said Imperial college of London and study co-author Subhanjoy Mohanty.

«HPF and NEID: A new generation of US precision radial velocity machines for exoplanet discovery» by Chad Bender, Associate Astronomer, Steward Observatory

So, even though our report helps us to guess some of the topics in which future exoplanet discoveries will be made — I, for one, will surely follow closely the exoplanet news even twenty years from now.

We talk with him on the 20th anniversary of the first exoplanet discovery.

This exciting prediction is subject to uncertainty as the dates of exoplanet discoveries are only known to the year.

Recent exoplanet discoveries have heightened hopes that intelligent life is out there, though.

Now, Margot argues, the recent flood of exoplanet discoveries should encourage the IAU to refine and extend the definition.

«Despite the growing number of exoplanet discoveries, we still don't have an answer to this question.

NASA has regained control of its exoplanet discovery satellite Kepler following a fraught few days during which the spacecraft had put itself into a protective «emergency mode.»

«This paper is an exciting step forward for the study of exoplanets and comparing their properties,» said Mark Swain, study co-author and group supervisor for the exoplanet discovery and science group at JPL.

The same way as hot - Jupiters paved the road on the first years of exoplanet discoveries, dedicated programs to detect and characterize hot Earths and super-Earths are the natural step towards (near) future characterization of potentially habitable worlds.

While such stars are redder and dimmer than the Sun, recent exoplanet discoveries have revealed instances in which Earth - sized worlds circle an M dwarf in orbits that would place them in their star's habitable zone.

While many exciting exoplanet discoveries are being announced daily (including our nearest neighbor, Proxima b, announced today), the field is transitioning in many respects from an era of exoplanet discovery to one of exoplanet characterization.

Jaw - dropping new exoplanet discoveries: All told, scientists announced the discovery of more than a hundred new exoplanets this year.

Kepler is revealing hundreds of exoplanet discoveries, what are the chances of finding extraterrestrial life on these alien worlds?

NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite will zero in on 200,000 stars, which could potentially yield hundreds of new exoplanet discoveries.

What makes this exoplanet discovery so exciting is that it's located only 11 light - years away.

Therefore, astronomers, their press officers and reporters are jumping the gun crying, «Earth» with every exoplanet discovery of a nearly Earth mass planet.

Statement of Dr. James S. Ulvestad Division Director, Division of Astronomical Sciences Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences National Science Foundation before the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology Subcommittee on Space And the Subcommittee on Research U.S. House of Representatives May 9, 2013 Exoplanet Discoveries; Have We Found Other Earths?

Contrary to the radial velocity and transit methods which are more widely used for exoplanet discovery, gravitational microlensing can only be used when the light from a distant, background star is magnified by the gravitational field of a closer, foreground star that happens to pass in front, as seen by our line of sight here on Earth.

Alan Boss's book offers an enjoyable insider's view on the birth of the exoplanet field: from the first radial velocity discoveries until the launch of the Kepler mission, Alan gives a diary - like summary of the major new exoplanet discoveries and results, including the controversies, debates, and the impact of politics and space policies on the science of exoplanets.

Astronomers have a problem because many of the exoplanets discoveries have overturned the old theories of planet formation.