The space weather

Biology, Physics, Chemistry. 23/09/10

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This is a conversation with Aurora Kesseli. She is a scientist at NASA Exoplanet Science Institute at Caltech. Here we talk about how do new stars and planets forms, how do we detect them, measuring the weather of exoplanets, habitable planets and studying weather to detect alien life.

About the guest

  • 00:00:00 Introduction

  • 00:00:45 Motivation to be an astronomer

  • 00:02:23 Looking through a telescope

  • 00:04:23 How distant are planets that we can observe?

  • 00:07:09 Habitable zones in the universe

  • 00:09:48 Weather of exoplanets

  • 00:11:38 Time-course change in the weather of exoplanets

  • 00:13:41 Hydrogen, helium and stars

  • 00:16:40 Type of planet and the distance from stars

  • 00:20:49 Disc formation in the universe

  • 00:23:55 Arrangement of planets and stars

  • 00:26:50 Day/night transitions on exoplanets

  • 00:31:33 Red dwarf stars

  • 00:35:03 Composition of exoplanets's atmosphere

  • 00:37:58 James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)

  • 00:42:45 Signs of alien life through studying weather of exoplanets

  • 00:46:18 Alien life in the universe

  • 00:48:22 Future technological advances

  • 00:57:05 Thank you!

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