Seeing Planets Like Never Before

Astronomers have located more than 1,000 planets orbiting stars other than our own, and the latest observations are starting to reveal what these planets are like. The AMNH-led Project 1640 is at the forefront of this research. The project's advanced telescope instrumentation can spot chemical fingerprints that will help characterize how exoplanets form, evolve, and differ from familiar planets closer to home.

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RELATED LINKS

AMNH: Project 1640
http://www.amnh.org/our-research/physical-sciences/astrophysics/research/project-1640

Project 1640 Conducts First Remote Reconnaissance of Another Solar System http://www.amnh.org/explore/news-blogs/research-posts/project-1640-conducts-first-remote-reconnaissance-of-another-solar-system

AMNH Science Bulletins: Signs of Water Detected on Distant Worlds
http://www.amnh.org/explore/science-bulletins/%28watch%29/astro/news/signs-of-water-detected-on-distant-worlds

NASA Exoplanet Archive
http://exoplanetarchive.ipac.caltech.edu/

Palomar Observatory
http://www.astro.caltech.edu/palomar/

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