http://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov/ The Search for Another Earth is a multimedia-rich news and information hub covering NASA's search for extrasolar planets. en-us Copyright 2007 Randal.K.Jackson@jpl.nasa.gov clawshe@sdsio.jpl.nasa.gov The Search for Another Earth PlanetQuest, search, planets, SIM, TPF, Earth Randal.K.Jackson@jpl.nasa.gov Randal K. Jackson clean http://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov/images/iTunesAlbumArt-300.jpg http://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov PlanetQuest planets, SIM, NASA, JPL, Vulcan, Spock Science Astronomers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory have recently concluded that the upcoming planet-finding mission, SIM PlanetQuest, would be sensitive enough to determine whether there is an Earth-like planet around the star 40 Eridani, a planet familiar to "Star Trek" fans as "Vulcan." http://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov/pqPodCasts.cfm http://planetquest1.jpl.nasa.gov/podCasts/PlanetQuestPodcast08.mp3 Thu, 10 May 2007 8:00:00 GMT PlanetQuest planets, SIM, NASA, JPL Science On Wednesday, Nov. 8, the planet Mercury will pass between Earth and the sun, covering part of the sun's disc and demonstrating the method that NASA's Kepler mission will use to find planets around other stars. http://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov/pqPodCasts.cfm http://planetquest1.jpl.nasa.gov/podCasts/PlanetQuestPodcast07.mp3 Mon, 06 Nov 2006 11:00:00 GMT PlanetQuest planets, SIM, NASA, JPL Science Where are other Earths? Answering that question is just the first step in NASA's long-range quest to look for life around stars beyond our solar system, according to Dr. Wes Traub. And to answer it, he says, we have to go into space. http://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov/pqPodCasts.cfm http://planetquest1.jpl.nasa.gov/podCasts/PlanetQuestPodcast06.mp3 Wed, 11 Oct 2006 11:00:00 GMT PlanetQuest planets, telescope, NASA, JPL Science This gravitational lens effect, predicted by Albert Einstein, will be used by NASA's SIM PlanetQuest space telescope to make the first real "sightings" of dark matter and other mysterious stuff in the galaxy. http://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov/pqPodCasts.cfm http://planetquest1.jpl.nasa.gov/podCasts/PlanetQuestPodcast05.mp3 Mon, 8 May 2006 09:00:00 GMT PlanetQuest planets, telescope, NASA, JPL Science How big is our galaxy? Where, exactly, are we located? Astronomers using a future, ultra-precise space telescope hope to answer these and other fundamental questions, laying the foundation for a real-life guide to the galaxy. http://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov/pqPodCasts.cfm http://planetquest1.jpl.nasa.gov/podCasts/PlanetQuestPodcast04.mp3 Sat, 14 Jan 2006 01:00:00 GMT PlanetQuest planets, telescope, NASA, JPL Science To prepare for NASA's future Terrestrial Planet Finder mission, a trio of floating robots is testing precision flight maneuvers inside a star-studded dome at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. http://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov/pqPodCasts.cfm http://planetquest1.jpl.nasa.gov/podCasts/PlanetQuestPodcast03.mp3 Tue, 06 Dec 2005 01:00:00 GMT PlanetQuest planets, telescope, NASA, JPL Science A technology breakthrough on a key NASA planet-finding project will enable scientists to detect the dim dust disks around stars, where Earth-like planets might be forming. http://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov/pqPodCasts.cfm http://planetquest1.jpl.nasa.gov/podCasts/PlanetQuestPodcast02.mp3 Fri, 21 Oct 2005 01:00:00 GMT PlanetQuest planets, telescope, NASA, JPL Science Dr. Jo Pitesky of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and planet hunter Dr. Geoff Marcy of UC Berkely talk about a new space telescope designed to find Earthlike planets beyond our solar system. http://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov/pqPodCasts.cfm http://planetquest1.jpl.nasa.gov/podCasts/PlanetQuestPodcast01.mp3 Fri, 23 Sep 2005 01:00:00 GMT