Sentences with phrase «field of exoplanets»

Ballard's research focuses on the rapidly evolving field of exoplanets, which are planets that orbit stars other than the sun and may resemble Earth.
The Kepler space telescope has made huge contributions to the field of exoplanets both in its original mission and its successor K2 mission.
The field of exoplanets is relatively young.
Ingraham adds, «The fact that GPI was able to extract new knowledge from these planets on the first commissioning run in such a short amount of time, and in conditions that it was not even designed to work, is a real testament to how revolutionary GPI will be to the field of exoplanets
Her research has introduced many new ideas to the field of exoplanet characterization, including work that led to the first detection of an exoplanet atmosphere.
In summary, I'll be keeping a close eye on the developments in the field of exoplanet studies, it truly is a noble effort driven by the search for extraterrestrial life, but I won't be celebrating quite yet, for the reasons I outlined in a Facebook comment on the Discovery News fan page yesterday:
As young as the field of exoplanets is, the study of transmission spectroscopy is even younger, with the first detection of an exoplanet atmosphere in 2002.
The field of exoplanet is exploding: on a typical day about a dozen new peer - reviewed exoplanet studies are published and most weeks see announcements of multiple discoveries: new results range from the compositions and structures of exoplanet atmospheres through new findings on exoplanet formation and exoplanet population to exciting discoveries of the smallest, coolest, or lowest - mass planets.
To someone not in the field of exoplanets the talks and debates may have resembled science fiction: giant space telescopes, rockets and spacewalks, hyper - precise measurements of stellar motion, search...
Jason Steffen works in the field of exoplanets — planets that orbit distant stars.
More than 1,000 of these were discovered by NASA's Kepler mission, breaking wide open the field of exoplanet science.
Abstract: The K2 mission will make use of the Kepler spacecraft and its assets to expand upon Kepler's groundbreaking discoveries in the fields of exoplanets and astrophysics through new and exciting observations.
To someone not in the field of exoplanets the talks and debates may have resembled science fiction: giant space telescopes, rockets and spacewalks, hyper - precise measurements of stellar motion, search for alien life, exploration of volcanism on exoplanets, laser - combs, starshades, and other Earths across the Galaxy were just a few of the topics that were debated.
The committee is composed of experts in the fields of exoplanet research, instrumentation, advanced optical telescopes, and space mission development.
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