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28-11-2020 | 12:50 PM

Ariel Space Mission                                 

The European Space Agency (ESA) has formally adopted Ariel.

Key Highlights:

• Ariel (Atmospheric Remote-sensing Infrared Exoplanet Large-survey) will be launched in 2029.
• It will perform a large-scale survey of over a thousand exoplanets over a period of four years.
• The explorer that will study the nature, formation and evolution of exoplanets.

About Exoplanets:

• All of the planets in our solar system orbit around the Sun. Planets that orbit around other stars are called exoplanets. Exoplanets are very hard to see directly with telescopes. They are hidden by the bright glare of the stars they orbit.
• So, astronomers use other ways to detect and study these distant planets. They search for exoplanets by looking at the effects these planets have on the stars they orbit.