The Next Great Exoplanet Hunt

What strange new worlds will our future telescopes find? After reviewing the history of the missions that studied exoplanets, Heng and Winn compare and contrast future planned missions that will tackle the next frontier in this field.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Heng, Kevin, Winn, Joshua Nathan
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: American Scientist 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/98480
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4265-047X
Description
Summary:What strange new worlds will our future telescopes find? After reviewing the history of the missions that studied exoplanets, Heng and Winn compare and contrast future planned missions that will tackle the next frontier in this field.