Ariel Space Mission

Recently, the ARIEL (Atmospheric Remote-sensing Exoplanet Large-survey) mission was announced by the European Space Agency (ESA) for its next science mission due for launch in 2028.

Key Points

  • The goal of the ARIEL mission is to investigate the atmospheres of several hundreds of planets orbiting distant stars in order to address the fundamental questions on how planetary systems form and evolve.
  • Ariel will perform a large-scale survey of over a thousand exoplanets over a period of four years. These thousand exoplanets will range from gas giants to rocky planets, which will help them to compile a list of their compositions and ....
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