ASU NExSS is a collaboration of scientists from a variety of backgrounds, brought together to help devise a strategy for looking for life on exoplanets.
It's launch day! @NASA_TESS will launch atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from SLC 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Everything is progressing smoothly for a 6:51 PM ET liftoff. Weather is holding at 90% "Go". Coverage starts on NASA TV at 6:30 PM ET: https://t.co/4HTaXjAVOI
Why is the composition of the Sun so different from all the planets if they all formed from the same cloud? ASU Now's article on research from SESE shows it may have to do with the Sun flooding the early solar system with Ultraviolet light:
https://t.co/Qsp68D7BoJ
Extraterrestrial Intelligence may need a planet that formed out of the debris of a neutron star merger if it's going to have the material to make any electronic technology:
https://t.co/0xeWBnWw9A
The search for worlds beyond our solar system continues today with the launch of our @NASA_TESS spacecraft. Tune in live to watch the 6:51pm ET liftoff of our next planet hunting mission. Launch coverage begins at 6:30pm: https://t.co/ZuxLDtRxxM
Caleb Scharf, Vikki Meadows, and Debra Fischer come together to argue for a more systematic and coherent approach to exoplanet science in this article from Nature:
https://t.co/xolqJJ1Eg1
Don't miss the chance to send your name on a seven year, 4.9 billion mile journey with @NASASun's Parker #SolarProbe! Submit your name to be added to a memory card that will fly aboard humanity's first spacecraft to "touch" the Sun. Details: https://t.co/o12bZD9BR2
New Jupiter visual splendor! We couldn't jam all the amazing new media into this tweet, be sure to read the full blog :)
Diving into @NASAJuno JIRAM data archives: https://t.co/b22TQv958a