Princeton Team Directly Observes Planets Around Nearby Stars

"We couldn't have been more pleased by the results." - N. Jeremy Kasdin

"By analyzing the spectrum of a planet, we can really understand a lot about the planet. You can see specific features that can allow you to understand the mass, the temperature, the age of the planet." - team member Tyler Groff

"We tested CHARIS on Neptune, but the entire planet doesn't even fit on our detector." -Tyler Groff