Many Suns, Many Worlds: The Galactic Quest for Exoplanets
- Public Event
Presented By: Keck Institute for Space Studies, The Planetary Society, and the American Astronomical Society's Division of Planetary Sciences
Speakers:
Professor Eric Ford
University of Florida
Professor Jason Wright
Pennsylvania State University
Professor Natalie Batalha
San Jose State University
Dr. Mark Swain
NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Worlds like "Hot Jupiters" and "Super Earths" don't exist in our own solar system, but have been found in our galaxy. Astronomers have confirmed that 490 planets (and counting!) have been discovered outside our solar system. There may be billions of these "exoplanets" inhabiting the Milky Way alone. What do these discoveries, if anything, tell us about our place in the universe?
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