NASA’s new exoplanet mission shows 1st images to the public

View larger/full image. | This is the first light image from the Star-Planet Activity Research CubeSat (SPARCS). It shows the star HD 71262 and other stars in near-ultraviolet light. NASA’s new exoplanet mission, the tiny breadbox-sized SPARCS spacecraft, just released its first images of low-mass stars. Image via NASA/ JPL-Caltech/ ASU.

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• SPARCS is a small CubeSat spacecraft orbiting Earth.