The space weather
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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!