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Exocast-50b: Why do we study exoplanets?
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Length:
49 minutes
Released:
Apr 5, 2021
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Podcast episode
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In this months discussion Hugh, Hannah, and Andrew discuss the question: Why do we study exoplanets? The team take a look at their own personal motivation and how they each came study exoplanets, as well as diving into the technological applications of astronomy, and the philosophy behind the big questions in astronomy. Astronomy has been at the root of huge technological advances, from the X-ray machines at the airport, to the development of computer languages,Read more
Released:
Apr 5, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Exocast-3 b: Exocast-3 b In the third exocast episode: • Hugh looks at a ghostly bunch of controversial, redacted or “killed” exoplanets that have come and gone. • Hannah talks about how we can study the atmospheres of transiting exoplanets, by exocast