Astronomer Answers Exoplanet Questions
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Astronomer and Associate Curator of Astrophysics at the American Museum of Natural History Dr. Ruth Angus joins WIRED to answer the internet’s burning questions about exoplanets. What is the most extreme exoplanet? Have we discovered any habitable planets yet? How are the waves on Miller’s planet (Interstellar) so big? Answers to these questions and many more await on Exoplanet Support.
Image Credit: “HR 8799 Orbiting Exoplanets” by Jason Wang (Caltech)/Christian Marois (NRC Herzberg), licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0).
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For information about the American Museum of Natural History, visit https://amnh.org or connect with the Museum on YouTube: @americanmuseumofnaturalhistory.
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#Space #Science #Exoplanet
00:00 - Exoplanet Support
00:16 - The 9th planet of the solar system
01:07 - Keeping up with the Keplerians.
02:53 - Exoplanet (noun): That’s free real estate
03:23 - Tatooine is real, pass it on
04:17 - The floor is lava, literally
05:17 - 10/10 atmosphere, would recommend
06:49 - Earth’s great, but Kepler-186f just gets me
08:50 - We got Earth 2.0 before GTA 6
10:01 - Mars is looking pretty good now, huh?
10:42 - 👽 Earth detected: Mostly water, mild anxiety + high taxes
11:34 - Intergalactic house hunting
12:40 - The grand cosmic photobomb
13:53 - Born to shine, forced to orbit
14:43 - Zoom in 10,000,000,000x
15:51 - Methane detected. Either there’s life or it’s Taco Tuesday
17:00 - 55 Cancri e: The 18-hour year
17:51 - Galactic third wheeling
19:01 - Out of orbit, out of mind
19:27 - SETI is always left on read
20:11 - Catfished by a starspot
22:13 - The surf on Miller’s planet hits different
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Image Credit: “HR 8799 Orbiting Exoplanets” by Jason Wang (Caltech)/Christian Marois (NRC Herzberg), licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0).
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HR_8799_Orbiting_Exoplanets.gif
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
No modifications made.
For information about the American Museum of Natural History, visit https://amnh.org or connect with the Museum on YouTube: @americanmuseumofnaturalhistory.
WIRED recommends:
https://youtu.be/yPD1v5WR9eQ
https://youtu.be/LFt5CwsZNK8
https://youtu.be/Mt3eexuKelg
Watch more from WIRED | Tech Support: https://www.youtube.com/show/VLPLibNZv5Zd0dwIx8baZGDdkoPNg6LHAPDi?sbp=QAE%3D
#Space #Science #Exoplanet
00:00 - Exoplanet Support
00:16 - The 9th planet of the solar system
01:07 - Keeping up with the Keplerians.
02:53 - Exoplanet (noun): That’s free real estate
03:23 - Tatooine is real, pass it on
04:17 - The floor is lava, literally
05:17 - 10/10 atmosphere, would recommend
06:49 - Earth’s great, but Kepler-186f just gets me
08:50 - We got Earth 2.0 before GTA 6
10:01 - Mars is looking pretty good now, huh?
10:42 - 👽 Earth detected: Mostly water, mild anxiety + high taxes
11:34 - Intergalactic house hunting
12:40 - The grand cosmic photobomb
13:53 - Born to shine, forced to orbit
14:43 - Zoom in 10,000,000,000x
15:51 - Methane detected. Either there’s life or it’s Taco Tuesday
17:00 - 55 Cancri e: The 18-hour year
17:51 - Galactic third wheeling
19:01 - Out of orbit, out of mind
19:27 - SETI is always left on read
20:11 - Catfished by a starspot
22:13 - The surf on Miller’s planet hits different
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