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Target Star Catalog
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This catalog lists the stars that are the best candidates to explore for Earth-like exoplanets with NASA's Habitable Worlds Observatory…

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NASA’s Pandora Mission One Step Closer To Probing Alien Atmospheres
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Pandora, NASA’s newest exoplanet mission, is one step closer to launch with the completion of the spacecraft bus, which provides…

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Amendment 72: D.14 Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Research and Support Participation Opportunities Final Text and Due Dates.
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D.14 Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Research and Support Participation Opportunities solicits proposals to work on preparation for the operational…

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Discovery Alert: A Rare Glimpse of a Newborn Planet
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The Discovery A huge planet with a long name – IRAS 04125+2902 b – is really just a baby: only…

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Discovery Alert: Spock’s Home Planet Goes ‘Poof’
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The discovery A planet thought to orbit the star 40 Eridani A – host to Mr. Spock’s fictional home planet,…

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NASA’s TESS Finds Intriguing World Sized Between Earth, Venus
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Using observations by NASA’s TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) and many other facilities, two international teams of astronomers have discovered…

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Hubble’s Gravitational Lenses
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Overview Hubble’s View of Gravitational Lenses Stars Galaxies and quasars aren’t the only gravitationally lensed objects that Hubble has captured.…

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Seeing and Believing: 15 Years of Exoplanet Images
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Fifteen years ago, astronomers delivered what is now an iconic direct image of an exoplanet, Beta Pictoris b.

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Scorching, Seven-Planet System Revealed by New Kepler Exoplanet List
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A system of seven sweltering planets has been revealed by continued study of data from NASA’s retired Kepler space telescope:…

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