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Exoplanet Watch Members of the Month

Exoplanet Watch appreciates the contributions of our interns and our citizen scientists who volunteer their time to study planets beyond our solar system. Come join our team!

Nora Bailey

March 2023
Pat Boyce

February 2023
Lujayn Megally

January 2023
Pablo Lewin

December 2022
Molly Simon

November 2022
Neil Yoblonsky

October 2022
Kalee Tock

September 2022
Bruno Guillet

August 2022
Kiah May, Izzy Huckabee, and Tamim Fatahi

July 2022
Sauro Gaudenzi

June 2022
Amanda Johnson

May 2022
Anthony Norris

April 2022
Muazzez Kumrucu-Lohmiller

March 2022
Julio Vannini Ramirez

February 2022
Eli Gendreau-Distler

January 2022
Georgios Lekkas

December 2021
Priyashkumar Bhupendrabhai Mistry

November 2021
Tamim Fatahi and Jonah Rolfness

October 2021

Exoplanet Watch News

An international team of researchers has used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to measure the temperature of the rocky exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 b.

Webb Measures the Temperature of a TRAPPIST-1 Exoplanet

Webb Measures the Temperature of a TRAPPIST-1 Exoplanet

The planet is rocky and almost precisely the same size as Earth, but whips around its star in only two days.

Webb Confirms Its First Exoplanet

Webb Confirms Its First Exoplanet

A second Earth-sized world is found in habitable zone of a star with three previously known planets.

Second Earth-sized World Found in System's Habitable Zone

Second Earth-sized World Found in System's Habitable Zone

A previously discovered "hot Jupiter" appears to be spiraling into its star, new data shows.

Discovery Alert: For This Familiar Planet, a Death Spiral

Discovery Alert: For This Familiar Planet, a Death Spiral

Two exoplanets orbiting a red dwarf star may be "water worlds." They are 218 light-years away in the constellation Lyra, and are unlike any planet found in our solar system.

Two Super-Earths May Be Mostly Water

Two Super-Earths May Be Mostly Water

Webb's firsts keep coming: Observations of the exoplanet WASP-39 b show fingerprints of atoms and molecules, as well as signs of active chemistry and clouds.

NASA's Webb Reveals an Exoplanet Atmosphere as Never Seen Before

NASA's Webb Reveals an Exoplanet Atmosphere as Never Seen Before

New observations show that a previously identified exoplanet, TOI-1075 b, is among the most massive super-Earths found so far.

Discovery Alert: Massive Planet is a 'Hulk' among Super-Earths

Discovery Alert: Massive Planet is a 'Hulk' among Super-Earths

A new study of the "super-Earth" GJ 1252 b shows that the planet likely has a very minimal atmosphere or, possibly, no atmosphere at all.

Discovery Alert: Ultra-hot 'Super-Earth' Could Have No Atmosphere

Discovery Alert: Ultra-hot 'Super-Earth' Could Have No Atmosphere

A newly discovered 'super-Earth' lies in the habitable zone around its star, and appears to be in a prime position for further atmospheric investigation.

Discovery Alert: A Rocky 'Super-Earth' in the Habitable Zone

Discovery Alert: A Rocky 'Super-Earth' in the Habitable Zone

Webb ushers in a new era of exoplanet science with the first unequivocal detection of carbon dioxide in a planetary atmosphere outside our solar system.

Webb Sees Carbon Dioxide in Exoplanet's Atmosphere

Webb Sees Carbon Dioxide in Exoplanet's Atmosphere

A "super-Earth" discovered using the TESS satellite might be a "water world," though more observations are needed.

Discovery Alert: Intriguing New ‘Super-Earth' Could Get a Closer Look

Discovery Alert: Intriguing New ‘Super-Earth' Could Get a Closer Look

The James Webb Space Telescope will examine the "lives" of exoplanets, from formation through maturity and eventual demise.

Exoplanets: What NASA Will See with the Webb Telescope

Exoplanets: What NASA Will See with the Webb Telescope

Explore Alien Worlds

Exoplanet Travel Bureau

This set of travel posters envision a day when the creativity of scientists and engineers will allow us to do things we can only dream of now.

Strange New Worlds

Explore an interactive gallery of some of the most intriguing and exotic planets discovered so far.

A planetary tour through time. The ancients debated the existence of planets beyond our own; now we know of thousands.

Historic Timeline

A planetary tour through time. The ancients debated the existence of planets beyond our own; now we know of thousands.