Dr. Jessie Christiansen Wants to Help You Discover the Next Exoplanet

Now, scientists estimate that there are as many planets around us as there are stars..

As a project scientist on NASAs Exoplanet Archive, she passionately continues this work, sharing science with the world and working tirelessly to ensure public access to scientific data..

The Exoplanet Archive offers cataloging information and gives scientists (and anyone else with an interest) tools and data they can use to further study exoplanets..

Dr. Christiansen is one member of a team of three scientists (along with two data analysts, a handful of software engineers, a system administrator, and a technical writer) at NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory (which is managed by Caltech) who identify confirmed exoplanets for inclusion in NASAs database...

NASAs Exoplanet Archive is incredibly important work thats crucial for the exoplanet community, whether its astronomers working to find new exoplanets or citizen scientists combing through data sets..

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