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NASA
Talented Teams Tackle Toasty Planet
Exoplanets, look out! Two NASA-funded teams of amateur astronomers are tracking you with their backyard telescopes. These two teams, called UNITE (UNISTELLAR Network Investigating TESS Exoplanets) and Exoplanet Watch, have combined forces to confirm a new planetary discovery—a toasty “warm Jupiter”. “I pinch myself every day when I recall that I have made a meaningful scientific contribution to astronomy by helping professional astronomers confirm…
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NASA
UNITE All-Nighter Delights Amateur Astronomers
Maybe you read about them in the papers–amateur astronomers in Japan, Russia, France, Finland, and the United States have been pulling all-nighters to spot extraordinary exoplanets, planets orbiting stars other than the Sun. NASA’s UNITE project holds these planetary stakeouts several times every month, and you can join in! This October, the UNITE team undertook a 20-hour marathon as part of…
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Press Releases
FELIX & PAUL STUDIOS LAUNCH “UNITE,” THE THIRD EPISODE OF SPACE EXPLORERS: THE ISS EXPERIENCE
WHAT: Felix & Paul Studios, in association with TIME Studios, producers of EMMY® Award-winning Space Explorers: The ISS Experience, is launching the third episode UNITE where crew members from the same astronaut training class reunite aboard the International Space Station.UNITE SYNOPSIS: A space culture evolves between the select few who have had the chance to live and work aboard the International Space Station. Old friends…
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