Scientific discovery with the James Webb space telescope

J Kalirai - Contemporary Physics, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
For the past 400 years, astronomers have sought to observe and interpret the Universe by
building more powerful telescopes. These incredible instruments extend the capabilities of …

The TESS objects of interest catalog from the TESS prime mission

NM Guerrero, S Seager, CX Huang… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
We present 2241 exoplanet candidates identified with data from the Transiting Exoplanet
Survey Satellite (TESS) during its 2 yr Prime Mission. We list these candidates in the TESS …

A revised exoplanet yield from the transiting exoplanet survey satellite (TESS)

T Barclay, J Pepper, EV Quintana - The Astrophysical Journal …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has a goal of detecting small
planets orbiting stars bright enough for mass determination via ground-based radial velocity …

Transit detection of the long-period volatile-rich super-Earth ν2 Lupi d with CHEOPS

L Delrez, D Ehrenreich, Y Alibert, A Bonfanti… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Exoplanets transiting bright nearby stars are key objects for advancing our knowledge of
planetary formation and evolution. The wealth of photons from the host star gives detailed …

Synergies between Venus & exoplanetary observations: Venus and its extrasolar siblings

MJ Way, C Ostberg, BJ Foley, C Gillmann… - Space Science …, 2023 - Springer
Here we examine how our knowledge of present day Venus can inform terrestrial
exoplanetary science and how exoplanetary science can inform our study of Venus. In a …

A framework for prioritizing the TESS planetary candidates most amenable to atmospheric characterization

EMR Kempton, JL Bean, DR Louie… - Publications of the …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
A key legacy of the recently launched the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
mission will be to provide the astronomical community with many of the best transiting …

The near-infrared spectrograph (nirspec) on the james webb space telescope-iv. capabilities and predicted performance for exoplanet characterization

SM Birkmann, P Ferruit, G Giardino, LD Nielsen… - Astronomy & …, 2022 - aanda.org
The Near-Inrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) on the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is
a very versatile instrument, offering mul-tiobject and integral field spectroscopy with varying …

Planetary system around the nearby M dwarf GJ 357 including a transiting, hot, Earth-sized planet optimal for atmospheric characterization

R Luque, E Pallé, D Kossakowski, S Dreizler… - Astronomy & …, 2019 - aanda.org
We report the detection of a transiting Earth-size planet around GJ 357, a nearby M2. 5 V
star, using data from the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). GJ 357 b (TOI …

TESS hunt for young and maturing exoplanets (THYME). II. A 17 Myr old transiting hot Jupiter in the Sco-cen association

AC Rizzuto, ER Newton, AW Mann… - The Astronomical …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the discovery of a transiting hot Jupiter orbiting HIP 67522 (T eff∼ 5650 K; M*∼
1.2M⊙) in the 10–20 Myr old Sco-Cen OB association. We identified the transits in the TESS …

The transiting exoplanet community early release science program for JWST

JL Bean, KB Stevenson, NM Batalha… - Publications of the …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) presents the opportunity to transform
our understanding of planets and the origins of life by revealing the atmospheric …