cireneirbo / our-search-for-life

An app that uses Space Telescope Science Institute's MAST API to look for exo-planets in the Milky Way galaxy.

our-search-for-life

“And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.” - Freidrich Nietzsce.

Our Search For Life is an app that uses Space Telescope Science Institute's MAST API to look for exo-planets in the Milky Way galaxy.

Getting Started

Dependencies

• Node.js
• React.js
• Express.js
• MongoDB
• Axios
• Async
• Sendmail
• Twilio
• Dotenv

Useful-Links

The Science

• TESS Input Catalog - The TESS Input Catalog (TIC) is a compiled catalog of stellar parameters for every optically persistent, stationary object in the sky.
• MAST Data Archive - The Mikulski Archive for Space Telescopes is an astronomical data archive focused on the optical, ultraviolet, and near-infrared. MAST hosts data from over a dozen missions like Hubble, Kepler, TESS, and soon JWST.
• TESS Manual - The purpose of this manual is to describe the MAST holdings of the TESS data products and how to obtain those products.
• MAST Exoplanet Lookup - Search by planet, object of interest or TESS TCE.

our-search-for-life's Issues

Set up MongoDB database connection

Set up Express.js backend

Create a basic backend using Express.