The fact that we’ve found a habitable planet candidate so soon after starting our search has important implications. More on today’s podcast
Jun 10th: The Importance Of Gliese 581g
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Jun 7th: Planetary Environments & Health Risks
If we send humans to Mars, will they be able to survive? How hostile is the solar system for human exploration?
May 27th: Biosignatures: The Search for Life Beyond Earth
The search for life ia about finding out if a planet located in habitable zone and more other information to learn if life may be there.
May 13th: A Glimpse into the Early Stages of Planetary Evolution
Deep in the cosmos, NASA’s TESS has discovered four new worlds orbiting a pair of young stars that provides a glimpse of planetary evolution.
Apr 16th: Jobs In Astronomy: Do You Really Need a Degree?
It’s not surprising that there’s a lot of interest in the topic of getting a good job in astronomy. What sorts of jobs can one get with a degree versus without one? Let’s discuss this on our first Astronomy Coffee Hangout in quite a while.
Apr 1st: TRAPPIST-1e: The Most Habitable Exoplanet
TRAPPIST-1e is a rocky, close-to-Earth-sized exoplanet orbiting within the habitable zone around the ultra-cool dwarf star.
Mar 11th: Life in Terminator Zones
Feb 11th: What is the Habitable Worlds Observatory?
Finding habitable worlds need a dedicated instrument that does nothing else but tries to locate and characterize them. That’s where the Habitable Worlds Observatory comes in
Jan 14th: TESS’s Breakthrough Discovery of Long-Period Exoplanets TOI 4600 b and c
Human beings have discovered over five thousand five hundred exoplanets. Recent observations from TESS found exoplanet with an orbit of 82 days and another measured in hundreds of days.
Dec 24th: Proxima Centauri b is Not A Transit Exoplanet
Astronomers have concluded an observation of Proxima Centauri b and found that the planet does not transit its star