How to Find a Living Planet
The more we see other planets, the more the question comes into focus: Maybe we're the weird one? Decades of observing Earth from space has informed our search for signs of habitability and life on exoplanets and even planets in our own solar system. We're taking a closer look at what we've learned about Earth - our only example of a planet with life - to search for life in the universe.
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Music: Curious Events by Independent Film Score - Andrew Skeet; Teapot Waltz by Benjamin James Parsons; Patisserie Pressure by Benjamin James Parsons
Since 1992, there have been more than 3,600 confirmed exoplanet discoveries in more than 2,700 star systems.
Looking for unmistakable signs of life can help scientists identify planets that may be likely to support life.
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
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Producer
- LK Ward (USRA)
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Scientists
- Shawn Domagal-Goldman (NASA/GSFC)
- Tiffany Kataria (JPL)
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Editor
- Patrick Lynch (NASA/GSFC)
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Associate producer
- Kathryn Mersmann (USRA)
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Technical support
- Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
Release date
This page was originally published on Wednesday, November 15, 2017.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:47 PM EDT.
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