The ESCAPE Mission Will Study the Evolution of Exoplanet Atmospheres

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This artist's illustration shows the exoplanet TRAPPIST-1b orbiting its red dwarf star.</p><p>The star has stripped the atmosphere away from the exoplanet, leaving it airless and uninhabitable.</p><p>NASA's ESCAPE mission will study how stellar EUV and CMEs can strip exoplanet atmospheres away.</p><p>Image Credit: NASA/ ESA/ CSA/ Joseph Olmsted (STScI)/ Webb Space Telescopehttps://www.universetoday.com/article_images/TRAPPIST-1b-artist-illustration-March-27-2023_20260810_203338.jpg" width="1280" />

Exoplanets need to be habitable for a long time for complex life to develop.

To sustain habitability, exoplanets need to retain their atmospheres.

But many exoplanets are exposed to extreme ultraviolet light and coronal mass ejections that can strip atmospheres away.

A new mission aims to understand these processes and help exoplanet scientists identify exoplanets that can stay habitable for meaningful lengths of time.

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