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NASA’s Planet-Hunting TESS Reveals Dazzling Night Sky
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NASA’s TESS has released its most complete view of the starry sky to date

May 13, 2026
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New Ultra-Black Coating Could Enable the Search for Life on Exoplanets 
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A recently developed ultra-black coating not only efficiently absorbs light, but is also extremely thin and durable, enabling its potential…

May 12, 2026
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For NASA’s TESS, Stellar Eclipses Shed Light on Possible New Worlds
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A study of NASA’s TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) data on stellar pairs undergoing mutual eclipses has uncovered more than…

May 4, 2026
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The Science Behind ‘Project Hail Mary’
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Is Tau Ceti a real star? Is there a rocky exoplanet called Erid? How long can astronauts stay in space?…

Mar 20, 2026
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Tiny NASA Spacecraft Delivers Exoplanet Mission’s First Images
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With the first images from the spacecraft now in hand, the team behind NASA’s Star-Planet Activity Research CubeSat, or SPARCS,…

Mar 12, 2026
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NASA’s Pandora Satellite, CubeSats to Explore Exoplanets, Beyond
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A new NASA spacecraft called Pandora is launching to study the atmospheres of exoplanets and their stars.

Jan 9, 2026
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30 Years of Exoplanets Compilation
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Dec 31, 2025
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Background
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Overview | Stay in Touch | Community | Glossary | Background Information | Team Why join Exoplanet Watch? As exciting…

Sep 30, 2025
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Community Announcement of Intent to release an Extreme Precision Doppler Spectrometer Call for Proposals Summary of Announcement: This notice is…

Sep 29, 2025
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NASA Citizen Science and Your Career: Stories of Exoplanet Watch Volunteers

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3 Years of Science: 10 Cosmic Surprises from NASA’s Webb Telescope

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NASA’s Pandora Mission One Step Closer To Probing Alien Atmospheres

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How can we identify worlds around other stars that could have life?

Portrait photo of Comic-style illustration showing diverse life forms and molecules in the foreground emitting what are intended to be atmospheric biosignature spectra across multiple exoplanets in space.

How do we discover worlds around other stars?

Portrait photo of A comic-style illustration of a space telescope in the foreground of the milky way galaxy, seen pouring from it many round, colorful balls, intended to be exoplanets, which fill the foreground of the image.

How do we explore within our own Solar System for signs of life?

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What is a biosignature?

Portrait photo of A comic-style illlustration of a mushroom-shaped sedimentary rock outcrop on the right is seen with a circle in yellow, expanding on the right to a magnified version of the circle with fragmented brown fossils inside of it, some resembling worm structures, and others rounded.