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A few decades ago, we knew of no other planets beyond those in our solar system. Today, astronomers have confirmed over 700 planets circling other suns and believe billions more lay undiscovered. These new worlds have smashed conventional assumptions, revealing planets orbiting multiple stars, planets that don’t orbit stars at all, and at least one as airy as Styrofoam. The incredible boom in planetary diversity raises tantalizing prospects for an Earth analog that could harbor life—as we know it, and as we never imagined it. This program is part of the Big Ideas Series, made possible with support from the John Templeton Foundation.Learn More
TOPICS: Physics & Math, Space & The Cosmos
TAGS: 2012, Another Earth, Dan Harris, earth like planets, exoplanets, Extrasolar planet, full program, Kepler, Kepler space telescope, Matt Mountain, NASA Exoplanet Archive, Natalie Batalha, New York City, NYC, planetary systems, planets beyond our own solar system, Sara Seager, The Search for New Worlds, What is the habitable zone
PLAYLISTS: Big Ideas
Video Duration: 01:24:28
Original Program Date: Saturday, June 2, 2012
A few decades ago, we knew of no other planets beyond those in our solar system. Today, astronomers have confirmed over 700 planets circling other suns and believe billions more lay undiscovered. These new worlds have smashed conventional assumptions, revealing planets orbiting multiple stars, planets that don’t orbit stars at all, and at least one as airy as Styrofoam. The incredible boom in planetary diversity raises tantalizing prospects for an Earth analog that could harbor life—as we know it, and as we never imagined it. This program is part of the Big Ideas Series, made possible with support from the John Templeton Foundation.Learn More
TOPICS: Art & Science, Biology & Origins of Life, Earth & Environment, Mind & Brain, Physics & Math, Science in Society, Science Unplugged, Space & The Cosmos, Technology & Engineering, Your Daily Equation, Youth & Education
TAGS: 2012, Another Earth, Dan Harris, earth like planets, exoplanets, Extrasolar planet, full program, Kepler, Kepler space telescope, Matt Mountain, NASA Exoplanet Archive, Natalie Batalha, New York City, NYC, planetary systems, planets beyond our own solar system, Sara Seager, The Search for New Worlds, What is the habitable zone, 2012, Another Earth, Dan Harris, earth like planets, exoplanets, Extrasolar planet, full program, Kepler, Kepler space telescope, Matt Mountain, NASA Exoplanet Archive, Natalie Batalha, New York City, NYC, planetary systems, planets beyond our own solar system, Sara Seager, The Search for New Worlds, What is the habitable zone
PLAYLISTS: Big Ideas
Video Duration: 01:24:28
Original Program Date: Saturday, June 2, 2012
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