We report first results from the JWST Rocky Worlds Director’s Discretionary Time program. Two secondary eclipses of the terrestrial exoplanet GJ 3929b were recently observed using MIRI photometric imaging at […]
Rocky Worlds Director’s Discretionary Time
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Hot Rocks Survey I: A Shallow Eclipse For LHS 1478 b
M dwarf systems offer a unique opportunity to study terrestrial exoplanetary atmospheres due to their smaller size and cooler temperatures. However, due to the extreme conditions these host stars impose, […]
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STScI Presents the Rocky Worlds Director’s Discretionary Time (DDT) Science Advisory Council
As recently announced, a new 500-hour Director’s Discretionary Time (DDT) program will use JWST observations to search for atmospheres in more than a dozen nearby exoplanet systems. In tandem, around […]