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Planet Hunting in the Cosmos

The Royal Institution via YouTube

Overview

Embark on a captivating journey through the cosmos in this hour-long lecture by Lisa Kaltenegger, founding director of Cornell University's Carl Sagan Institute. Explore the fascinating search for extraterrestrial life using Earth as a Rosetta Stone to decode the potential for life on distant planets. Discover extraordinary exoplanets, from those covered in lava oceans to solitary wanderers drifting through space and worlds illuminated by multiple suns. Learn about cutting-edge technologies and multidisciplinary approaches used in the quest to find life beyond our solar system. Gain insights into the detection of potentially habitable worlds and their spectral fingerprints from a world-leading expert in the field of exoplanet research and astrobiology.

Syllabus

Planet hunting in the cosmos - with Lisa Kaltenegger

Taught by

The Royal Institution

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