Future NASA telescope could discover 1,400 new exoplanets

A new study has projected that a future NASA telescope could be capable of discovering up to 1,400 new worlds, some of which may boast a mass comparable to that of the Earth. The orbital telescope, which has been nicknamed WFIRST, will build on the legacy of earlier missions to answer fundamental questions surrounding the nature of the universe, and potentially aide in the search for extraterrestrial life.

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Category: Space

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• Exoplanet
• JWST
• NASA
• Ohio State University
• Telescope
• WFIRST

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