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NASA is leaving no stone unturned to find the possibility of potential life outside of our planet. The Nexus for Exoplanet System Science (NExSS), a form of study which deals with exoplanets, is being readied for a very ambitious experiment.
NASA's current director of Planetary Science Jim Green said in his latest interview that this latest endeavor has brought together top teams of researchers. They all have sketched out this approach to search for exoplanets which show slight signs of life on them, according to News Informer.
Green further said that the study of exoplanets interests not only astronomers but climate and planetary scientists as well. A team of some of the top researchers has been assembled by NASA from various scientific fields like planetary, earth, helio physics and astrophysics, as very little is known about this matter, according to Empire State Tribune.
The whole concept about the exoplanets came into being in 1995 when the first exoplanet was discovered which was found to be revolving around a star similar to the Sun.
After that, around 1000 more exoplanets have been discovered so far, with NASA's Kepler space telescope (which was launched six years ago) playing a crucial role in the discoveries. In addition to this, many more exoplanets have been discovered but are awaiting confirmation from the scientists.
In the NExSS, the expert panel of researchers will be studying the various components of an exoplanet. They would also keep in mind to also study their interactions with stars that support life. They will study in detail the interaction of the exoplanets with geology, atmosphere and oceans to get a better understanding of the planet.
