[astro-ph.EP] The JWST Rocky Worlds Director’s Discretionary Time (RWDDT) program uses secondary eclipse observations to determine the conditions under which rocky exoplanets around M dwarfs retain their atmospheres.
Rocky Worlds Director’s Discretionary Time
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The JWST Rocky Worlds DDT Program Reveals GJ 3929b To Likely Be A Bare Rock
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 […]
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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 […]