NASA’s CASE instrument to aid European mission on studying exoplanet atmosphere | Technology News, The Indian Express

NASA’s CASE instrument to aid European mission on studying exoplanet atmosphere | Technology News, The Indian Express

By Tech Desk |New Delhi |Updated: November 17, 2019 5:55:17 pm

NASA’s CASE instrument to aid European mission on studying exoplanet atmosphere

NASA will contribute an instrument to a European space mission that will explore the atmospheres of planets orbiting stars beyond our Sun for the first time.

This artist’s concept shows the European Space Agency’s ARIEL spacecraft on its way to Lagrange Point 2 (L2) – a gravitationally stable, Sun-centric orbit – where it will be shielded from the Sun and have a clear view of the sky. (Credit: ESA/STFC RAL Space/UCL/Europlanet-Science Office)

NASA has announced that it will contribute an instrument to a European space mission that will explore the atmospheres of planets or exoplanets orbiting stars beyond our Sun for the first time. The instrument will aid the European Space Agency’s (ESA’s) ARIEL or Atmospheric Remote-sensing Infrared Exoplanet Large-survey mission.