NEW YORK: The NExSS (Nexus for Exoplanet System Science) initiative will work to gain insight into different components of exoplanets, and how stars and the planets they host could interact to support life.
Stanford University and the University of California, Berkeley have announced a new partnership with NASA that aims to detect alien life in the universe.
The NExSS (Nexus for Exoplanet System Science) initiative will work to gain insight into different components of exoplanets, and how stars and the planets they host could interact to support life.
“This interdisciplinary endeavor connects top research teams and provides a synthesized approach in the search for planets with the greatest potential for signs of life,” said Jim Green, NASA’s director of planetary science. “The hunt for exoplanets is not only a priority for astronomers, it’s of keen interest to planetary and climate scientists as well.”
The researchers will use Gemini Planet Imager (GPI), a new instrument for the Gemini Observatory, to detect new exoplanets thought the measurement of their “wobble,” which is created by the tug of gravity imposed by the parent star. GPI has the ability to block out the light of the star to allow scientist to observe the faint planets nearby. In the past, GPI has imaged two known exoplanets and discs of planetary debris.
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