Exoplanet

$200m Gift Propels Scientific Research in the Search for Life Beyond Earth

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Wednesday, November 8, 2023
Aerospace, Manufacturing, Professional Services, Philanthropy, Other Philanthropy, Other Science, Research, Fund Raising, Foundation, Science, Finance, Diamond, Knowledge, SETI Institute, Astronomy, ATA, Berkeley SETI Research Center, Allen Telescope Array, Life, Timeline, SETI, University, Extraterrestrial intelligence, Climate, Franklin, Exoplanet, Memory, Pharmaceutical industry, Telescope, Nursing, Astrophysics, Qualcomm

Co-founder of communications chip company, Qualcomm, Antonio passed away on May 13, 2022, leaving behind an extraordinary legacy to enable breakthrough science in the search for intelligent life beyond our world.

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  • Co-founder of communications chip company, Qualcomm, Antonio passed away on May 13, 2022, leaving behind an extraordinary legacy to enable breakthrough science in the search for intelligent life beyond our world.
  • With more than 100 scientists actively conducting research across 173 separate programs, the SETI Institute explores six key science disciplines: Astronomy and Astrophysics; Exoplanets; Planetary Exploration; Astrobiology; Climate and Bio-geoscience; and the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI).
  • As such, Antonio’s gift will also serve to permanently endow core SETI programs and foster new global partnerships.
  • “This gift will impact all research domains of the SETI Institute,” said Dr. Nathalie Cabrol, Director of the Carl Sagan Center for Research.

New Technique May Give NASA's Webb Telescope a Way to Quickly Identify Planets with Oxygen

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Monday, January 6, 2020
Physical sciences, Natural sciences, Chemistry, Photosynthesis, Planetary science, Exoplanetology, Search for extraterrestrial intelligence, Oxygen, Cyanobacteria, Atmosphere, Exoplanet, Dioxygen in biological reactions

Instead, they must use a cutting-edge telescope like Webb to see what's inside the atmospheres of exoplanets.

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  • Instead, they must use a cutting-edge telescope like Webb to see what's inside the atmospheres of exoplanets.
  • Oxygen is generated by life on Earth when organisms such as plants, algae and cyanobacteria use photosynthesis to convert sunlight into chemical energy.
  • But what should Webb look for to determine if a planet has a lot of oxygen?
  • "This oxygen signal is known since the early 80's from Earth's atmospheric studies,but has never been studied for exoplanet research."

Ball Aerospace Selected to Build Key Instrument Component for NASA's WFIRST Observatory

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Wednesday, May 30, 2018
Astronomy, Space observatories, NASA, Infrared telescopes, Goddard Space Flight Center, Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope, Spaceflight, Exoplanetology, Ball Aerospace & Technologies, Exoplanet

BOULDER, Colo., May 30, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Ball Aerospace has been chosen to develop and build the Wide Field Instrument (WFI) Optical Mechanical Assembly (WOMA) for NASA's Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST).

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  • BOULDER, Colo., May 30, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Ball Aerospace has been chosen to develop and build the Wide Field Instrument (WFI) Optical Mechanical Assembly (WOMA) for NASA's Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST).
  • WFIRST is a NASA observatory designed to answer essential questions in the areas of dark energy, exoplanets and infrared astrophysics using the WFI.
  • The WFI consists of WOMA and key subassemblies provided by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
  • Ball Aerospace pioneers discoveries that enable our customers to perform beyond expectation and protect what matters most.

NASA TV Updates Launch Coverage for Planet-Hunting Mission TESS

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Wednesday, April 18, 2018
Astronomy, Planetary science, Exoplanetology, Space observatories, Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, Lyra, Exoplanet, Planet, Kepler

The launch originally had been scheduled for April 16.

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  • The launch originally had been scheduled for April 16.
  • Live NASA TV launch coverage begins at 6:30 p.m., and will be broadcast on NASA Television and the agency's website.
  • With TESS, NASA is taking the next step in the search for planets outside of our solar system.
  • The mission will find exoplanets that periodically block part of the light from their host stars, events called transits.