The James Webb Space Telescope has made its first observations of the TRAPPIST-1 system and measured the temperature of TRAPPIST-1b!
Nov 28th: JWST Measures Temperature of TRAPPIST-1b
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Nov 14th: Exoplanets Are Everywhere
Did you know that the discovery of other planets in orbit around other stars is a very recent one? Only 25 years ago, we had no idea there were any planets in our galaxy besides those in our solar system. Now, not only have we discovered them, but astronomers estimate there are trillions of them. There are so many exoplanets out there that every star in our galaxy could have at least one.
Oct 24th: Kepler-22b: An Exoplanet With a Lot of Promise
Kepler-22b is one of the first exoplanets confirmed by the Kepler Space Telescope that resides in the habitable zone.
Oct 10th: Rogue Planets: Not All Exoplanets Orbit Stars?
Do you know that we have interesting class of exoplanets? This type of planets do not have a home sun. These rogue worlds travel the distance between the stars, they live in the cold, dark interstellar regions of the galaxy. More with @DeepAstronomy
Sep 16th: What is an Exoplanet?
What is exoplanet? Find out in this new segment with @DeepAstronomy
Aug 19th: Can We See the Pillars of Creation With Amateur Astronomy Telescopes?
Here is the Eagle nebula taken using off-the-shelf equipment available to the amateur astronomer. So what instrument can we use see the Pillars of Creation with amateur astronomy telescopes?
Jul 14th: Mystery of Ultra Diffuse Galaxy with NO Dark Matter Solved
Join us today and @DeepAstronomy will discuss about ultra diffuse galaxy dark matter mystery.
Jun 17th: The Problem Of LED Streetlights
Dustin talks about his experiences with the new iOptron equatorial mounts. And Tony wonders about the effects of LED streetlights on our night skies.
May 20th: The Case for the Carl Sagan Space Telescope
In this episode, some astronomers, a former astronaut, the current director of the Space Telescope Science Institute as well as the wife of Carl Sagan himself, got together and wrote a white paper that makes the case for a telescope, named after the famous astronomer Carl Sagan, that will look for and directly image planets like Earth around other stars
Apr 15th: Physicists Hunt for a Mirror Universe Galaxy
Is the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics science? While we may not be able to say what exactly science is, I can say that I prefer to have my science with a little bit of data. For me to recognize science when I see it, it has to come with some observations or something verifiable