New techniques promise to spot hidden exoplanets with space‑based observatories

A digital twin of the James Webb Space Telescope's Near Infrared Camera has enabled researchers to detect a previously hidden exoplanet, making faint worlds two to fifteen times easier to find than with standard methods. Separate NASA‑led studies show that the upcoming LISA gravitational‑wave observatory could identify a distinct population of exoplanets, especially around double white‑dwarf binaries, once it launches in the mid‑2030s.