Many people feel that it’s very important for humanity’s long term survival that we become a multiplanet species. But what about traveling to exoplanets? Can we reach the stars?
Apr 20th: DwarfLab Dwarf 2 Smart Telescope
Apr 9th: A Giant Planet Found Orbiting a Small Star
A massive, Jupiter-sized exoplanet has been discovered orbiting a small, low-mass star and this discovery is challenging theories on how planets form around their stars. This is unusual because planets this large are not supposed to form around low-mass stars.
Mar 26th: The First Exoplanets: A Discovery that Forever Changed Us
Our galaxy likely holds hundreds of billions of planets around other stars but when and how did we begin finding them? What was the first exoplanet detected? It turns out that the first discovery wasn’t one, but two planets in the same system.
Mar 12th: How Do We Find Exoplanets?
What are the best ways to see planets around other stars? One can imagine that it is not easy. This episode looks at ways astronomers find exoplanets.
Feb 27th: WASP-39 b: A Hot and Puffy Gas Giant
WASP-39 b is a hot and puffy planet with a mass roughly one-quarter that of Jupiter and a diameter 1.3 times greater than Jupiter
Feb 13th: TRAPPIST-1: A System Full Of Hope
Aside from our own solar system, one of the most studied stellar systems lies about 40 light-years away in the direction of the constellation Aquarius. Seven rocky exoplanets orbiting the TRAPPIST-1 star. more about it at #365DaysOfAstro
Jan 30th: An Exoplanet Found in Another Galaxy
Astronomers have found evidence of a possible planet outside of our Milky Way galaxy. If confirmed, this is the first time that a planet has been detected in another galaxy. It is located in the spiral galaxy Messier 51, also called the Whirlpool Galaxy.
Jan 23rd: The First Exoplanet of JWST
The James Webb Space Telescope has detected its first exoplanet. Its name is LHS 475b, and astronomers believe it is remarkably similar to our own home planet.
Jan 9th: The Exoplanet That Shouldn’t Exist
Astronomers have found a planet around a red giant star that should have been destroyed, yet it still exists, leaving astronomers to wonder why the planet is still there. So what’s the puzzle?