[STScI] Scientists leading the astronomy community’s most ambitious effort to study rocky planets outside of our solar system have reached a major milestone.
GJ 3929 b
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GJ 3929 b as the First Complete Rocky Worlds DDT Data Set
Despite their large abundance, it is still unknown whether and under what conditions rocky planets around M dwarf stars can host atmospheres.
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Rocky Worlds DDT Data Challenge and Data Challenge Workshop
The Rocky Worlds DDT Core Implementation Team (CIT) will soon launch the Rocky Worlds DDT Data Challenge, aimed at engaging the community in the analysis and interpretation of JWST MIRI […]
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Atmospheric Collapse And re-inflation Through Impacts For Terrestrial Planets Around M Dwarfs
Detection of an atmosphere around a terrestrial exoplanet will be a major milestone in the field, but our observational capacities are biased towards to tidally locked, close-in planets orbiting M-dwarf […]
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Rocky Worlds DDT Updates: New Targets, Upcoming Observations, and More
The Rocky worlds DDT Core Implementation Team (CIT) at STScI, along with the external Science Advisory Council (SAC), have been hard at work to make progress on this exciting program, […]