The Best Earth-like Exoplanet Has 4 Major Problems
As telescopes like the James Webb look out across the Milky Way, you might have heard the growing buzz around newly discovered exoplanets. It wasn’t that long ago – only 1992 – that we...
Category: Exoplanets
Exoplanets: Crash Course Astronomy
When you look up at the night sky, and if you happen to live far from city lights, you can see thousands of stars. It seems like the sky is crammed shoulder to shoulder...
Exoplanets and the search for life in the universe – with Chris Impey
(gentle music) (audience applauds) – Thanks Peter. I’m delighted to be here. I first lectured here I think six or seven years ago about the future of space and then did black holes during...
NASA’s Kepler Telescope Discovered A New Exoplanet Even Better for Life Than Earth
Over its 9-year mission, NASA’s Kepler Telescope turned its gaze to over half a million stars, revealing that 20-50% of all visible stars could harbor potentially habitable Earth-sized rocky planets. In our relentless search...
What Is an Exoplanet?
– [Narrator] You’ve seen weird, wonderful worlds in science fiction. We don’t yet know what sorts of life might exist out there. But some of the planets not unlike the ones in your favorite...
The Earth is Not Alone | Alien Planet
The earth is not alone in the last few yearsScientists have found that our planet is just one of billions out there in the Milky Way galaxyThere’s a really decent chance that there are...
