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The Search for Exoplanets: What Astronomers Know

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Join the search for another Earth in this 24-lecture series that explores the brand new science of exoplanets-worlds that exist outside of our solar system.

Syllabus

  • 01: Why Study Exoplanets?
  • 02: How to Find an Exoplanet
  • 03: Doppler and Transit Planet-Finding Methods
  • 04: Pioneers of Planet Searching
  • 05: The Misplaced Giant Planets
  • 06: Explaining the Misplaced Giant Planets
  • 07: The Transits of Exoplanets
  • 08: Sniffing Planetary Atmospheres
  • 09: Stellar Rotation and Planetary Revolution
  • 10: Super-Earths or Mini-Neptunes?
  • 11: Transiting Planets and the Kepler Mission
  • 12: Compact Multiplanet Systems
  • 13: Planets Circling Two Stars
  • 14: Lava Worlds
  • 15: Earthlike Planets
  • 16: Living with a Dwarf Star
  • 17: Living with a Giant Star
  • 18: Our Nearest Exoplanetary Neighbors
  • 19: Finding Planets with Gravitational Lensing
  • 20: Finding Planets with Direct Imaging
  • 21: Near-Term Future Planet-Finding Projects
  • 22: Long-Term Future Planet-Finding Projects
  • 23: The Search for Life on Exoplanets
  • 24: Coming Soon: Biosignatures, Moons, and More!
  • By This Professor

Taught by

Joshua N. Winn

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