Sentences with phrase «exoplanet science»
The scenario sounds plausible, says Jessie Christiansen at the NASA Exoplanet Science Institute at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.
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In this paper, we review the performance of these modes in terms of exoplanet science capabilities and describe recent instrumental milestones such as first - light Fizeau images (with the angular resolution of an equivalent 22.8 - m telescope) and deep interferometric nulling observations.
It was developed by JPL, the Keck Observatory and the NASA Exoplanet Science Institute at Caltech.
«Almost every discovery in exoplanet science during the last few decades has challenged or expanded our view of planets,» said Brian Jackson, a planetary scientist at Boise State University, who did not take part in this research.
TESS is the successor to Kepler, which revolutionized exoplanet science and is responsible for spotting almost three quarters of the planets astronomers have identified to date.
Where does exoplanet science stand now?
As exoplanet science enters its third decade, we are growing beyond the mere counting of planets and beginning to investigate and understand their physical characteristics.
We knew this was going to become a year to remember for exoplanet science.»
«We really hope and expect to do revolutionary exoplanet science,» says Jeremy Kasdin, a technologist and engineer at Princeton University in New Jersey who leads the coronagraph team.
«Maximizing Transiting Exoplanet Science with JWST» by Everett Schlawin, postdoc, Steward Observatory
If we just get what we expect to get, it's going to be fantastic, because it really is changing the way people approach exoplanet science in the future.
A giant of that area, Geoff Marcy, harmed the career of women academics, harmed the progress of exoplanet science by driving them away from the field, and finally torpedoed his own career and reputation.
This partnership between NASA and Keck Observatory to make science data public was facilitated by the NASA Exoplanet Science Institute at Caltech.
This is one... ▽ More We describe three useful applications of asteroseismology in the context of exoplanet science: (1) the detailed characterisation of exoplanet host stars; (2) the measurement of stellar inclinations; and (3) the determination of orbital eccentricity from transit duration making use of asteroseismic stellar densities.
Join us Tuesday, June 25, 2013 at the Kahilu Theatre in Waimea for an illuminating Astronomy Talk by Dr. Charles Beichman of the NASA Exoplanet Science Institute as he shares how Keck Observatory and NASA's Space Missions reveal different parts of the astronomical landscape.
The much - hyped James Webb Space Telescope promises to revolutionize exoplanet science, but only if astronomers can agree on how to use it.
We welcome debate as it leads to our continued growth in knowledge in exoplanet science and in other fields of astronomy.»
«In terms of exoplanet science, Kepler has been a game changer,» says Natalie Batalha, acting leader of the Kepler science team.
In an e-mail sent to Kepler scientists who work on the project, representatives from NASA's Exoplanet Science Institute (who manage the institute's «Exoplanet Archive» catalogue) wrote Kepler 452 b should keep its status as a planet for now: «This new paper has not definitively shown that the Kepler 452 b signal is instrumental in origin.
In one new study, researchers based at NASA's Exoplanet Science Institute at the California Institute of Technology, in Pasadena, Calif., carefully analyzed the location of both a planet called Kepler - 69c and its habitable zone.
(2a) Exoplanet science and discoveries (2b) Habitability of our solar system (2c) Search for life on Mars: past climate; past environments; current life?
«Results from the three main techniques of planet detection (radial velocity, transit and microlensing techniques) are rapidly converging to a common result: Not only are planets common in the galaxy, but there are more small planets than large ones,» said Stephen Kane, of NASA's Exoplanet Science Institute at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, Calif. «This is encouraging news for investigations into habitable planets.»
«If you don't turn off the star, you are blinded and can't see dust or planets,» said co-author Rafael Millan - Gabet of NASA's exoplanet Science Institute at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California, who led the Keck Interferometer's science operations system.
Regardless, exoplanet science is in its infancy and the uncertainty with the «is there life?»
«This discovery is a remarkable milestone in exoplanet science,» said Erik Petigura, a postdoctoral scholar in planetary science and a coauthor on the paper.
More than 1,000 of these were discovered by NASA's Kepler mission, breaking wide open the field of exoplanet science.
Two decades of exoplanet science have revealed that planets are as numerous as stars in the galaxy.
Exoplanet science has progressed rapidly, to the point where 20 years after the first discoveries, there are more than 700 confirmed exoplanets, and thousands more candidates have already been identified by NASA's Kepler satellite.
Picking up where Kepler leaves off, TESS will begin a new era in exoplanet science, perhaps helping to answer the age - old question — «Are we alone?»
New to Keck Observatory's Open House was «Ask an Astronomer» with special guests Dr. Charles Beichman, executive director of the NASA Exoplanet Science Institute (NExScI) at Caltech, and Dr. Raja GuhaThakurta of UC Santa Cruz.
The papers, one with lead author Katherine de Kleer, a UC Berkeley graduate student, and coauthored by UC Berkeley research astronomer Máté Ádámkovics, and the other coauthored by Ádámkovics and David R. Ciardi of Caltech's NASA Exoplanet Science Institute, have been accepted for publication in the journal Icarus.
«We've mainly explored our own solar neighborhood so far,» adds Sebastiano Calchi Novati, a Visiting Sagan Fellow at NASA's Exoplanet Science Institute at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, Calif., and co-author of the study.
The Space Telescope Science Institute administers the NHFP on behalf of NASA, in collaboration with the NASA Exoplanet Science Institute (NExScI) at the California Institute of Technology and the Chandra X-ray Center at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory.
Use this two page printable sheet to learn about the exoplanet science the GMT will do — including detecting rocky planets, looking for signs of life and taking images.
It's an unfortunate byproduct of the field, she said, because discussing how to find extraterrestrial beings is an important part of exoplanet science.
Abstract: We describe three useful applications of asteroseismology in the context of exoplanet science: (1) the detailed characterisation of exoplanet host stars; (2) the measurement of stellar inclinations; and (3) the determination of orbital eccentricity from transit duration making use of asteroseismic stellar densities.