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Kepler Launch at night
Range of Views
Kepler's Orbit
Kepler's view of the galaxy
The Optical Path in the Kepler Photometer
Comparative Life Zones of Stars (without text)
Comparative Life Zones of Stars (with text)
Kepler's View of the Galaxy
Kepler Transit Graph
Lost in the Glare
Kepler Photometer Being Lowered onto Spacecraft
GJ1214b
Kepler "Beauty Shot"
Exotic Atmospheres
Alien Asteroid Belt Compared to our Own
Artist's impression of Corot-7b
Planetary Demolition Derby
HAT-P-7 Light Curve Magnified
HAT-P-7 Light Curve
Gliese 581
Full Focal Plane Image (First Light for Kepler Photometer) with labels
Kepler first light image: 2 CCD modules
Full Focal Plane Image (First Light for Kepler Photometer)
Tres-2 - in Kepler Photometer First Light Image
Two Zooms in the Kepler Field
Kepler Full Focal Plane Image - Inverted
Star Cluster NGC 6791 from Kepler First Light Image
Chemical Soups Around Cool Stars
Kepler Misson Launch
Kepler Spacecraft
Kepler in Space (Artist Concept)
Overview of Kepler mission
Ball Aerospace team assembles Kepler spacecraft
Spitzer Exoplanet Observation of HD 80606b
Exoplanet HD 80606b Infrared Light Curve
Spitzer Exoplanet Observation of HD 80606b
Severe Exoplanetary Storm
Kepler arriving at the Kennedy Space Center
Exoplanet News
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
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
A previously discovered "hot Jupiter" appears to be spiraling into its star, new data shows.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Webb captured the distinct signature of water, along with evidence for clouds and haze, in the atmosphere surrounding a hot, puffy gas giant planet orbiting a distant Sun-like star.
Webb Reveals Steamy Atmosphere of Distant Planet in Detail
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.
Historic Timeline
A planetary tour through time. The ancients debated the existence of planets beyond our own; now we know of thousands.