Planetary Photobombers Can Lead to Data Analysis Errors, Says New Study; Here's What NASA Experts Reveal

Planetary photobombers may be quite interesting for some people. But, these exoplanets can actually affect NASA and other space agencies, especially during data analysis.

On Earth, photobombers can be seen in various scenarios. They can be your friends who will suddenly jump out while your family is taking pictures of you.

Photobombers can also be other things that can block sight when capturing a specific object. In space, photobombing also happens.

This means that there are space objects that may suddenly block the vision of NASA scientists and other space experts as they try to find exoplanets that can support life.

Planetary Photobombers Can Lead to Data Analysis Errors

According to Space.Com's latest report, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center scientist, Prabal Saxena, led new research explaining why planetary photobombers can affect essential exoplanet studies.

He published the new planetary photobomb study in the Astrophysical Journal Letters. Based on their findings, exoplanets that get in other planetary photographs can lead to data analysis errors.

This is because the light that space photobombers emit can accidentally join the light emission created by the specific exoplanet subject.

"If you looked at Earth sitting next to Mars or Venus from a distant vantage point, then depending on when you observed them, you might think they're both the same object," explained Sexana via NASA Gov.

Planetary Photobombing Solutions

Since planetary photobombers can drastically affect the activities of NASA to find other exoplanets that can support life, the international space agency provided various methods to solve this phenomenon.

The aerospace union said that one of their solutions is creating new data processing methods to remove the light emitted by other exoplanets.

Another mitigation plan is studying the space systems of the subject exoplanets before capturing pictures. This will allow NASA to ensure that there are no other outer planets nearby the space subject.

You can view this link for further details about the so-called planetary photobombers.

Meanwhile, an aurora storm was spotted on the International Space Station.

Previously, ESO'S VLT captured a dreamlike galaxy with two supermassive black holes.

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Written by: Griffin Davis