[Interview] The Future of Exoplanet Research

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What's the best way to use telescope time to search for exoplanets? How many will we be able to find in a best-case scenario? What future missions will help us with that? Answering all these questions and more with Dr Ben Hord from NASA Goddard.

👉 Identification of the Top TESS Objects of Interest for Atmospheric Characterisation of Transiting Exoplanets with JWST

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2308.09617.pdf

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  • 00:00 Intro

  • 01:49 Deciding which exoplanets to observe

  • 09:56 Getting the masses

  • 15:13 Using telescope time

  • 19:28 What do we really know about exoplanets

  • 26:40 Exhausting our search capabilities

  • 31:10 Studying hot Jupiters

  • 35:00 Perfect exoplanet searching mission

  • 40:34 Current obsessions

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What's the best way to use telescope time to search for exoplanets? How many will we be able to find in a best-case scenario? What future missions will help us with that? Answering all these questions and more with Dr Ben Hord from NASA Goddard.

👉 Identification of the Top TESS Objects of Interest for Atmospheric Characterisation of Transiting Exoplanets with JWST

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2308.09617.pdf

🐦 Ben Hord on Twitter/X:

https://twitter.com/benhord

🦄 Support us on Patreon:

https://patreon.com/universetoday

📚 Suggest books in the book club:

https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1198440-universe-today-book-club

  • 00:00 Intro

  • 01:49 Deciding which exoplanets to observe

  • 09:56 Getting the masses

  • 15:13 Using telescope time

  • 19:28 What do we really know about exoplanets

  • 26:40 Exhausting our search capabilities

  • 31:10 Studying hot Jupiters

  • 35:00 Perfect exoplanet searching mission

  • 40:34 Current obsessions

📺 VIDEO VERSION

https://youtu.be/6b377MO20uE

📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTER

Read by 60,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads.

Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter

🎧 PODCASTS

Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/

Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/

🤳 OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA

Twitter: https://twitter.com/fcain

Twitter: https://twitter.com/universetoday

Facebook: https://facebook.com/universetoday

Instagram: https://instagram.com/universetoday

📩 CONTACT FRASER

frasercain@gmail.com

⚖️ LICENSE

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Support Universe Today Podcast

2023-09-27 51 min
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