Exocast-43c: Can we ever travel to an exoplanet?

Fromexocast

Start listening View podcast show

Exocast-43c: Can we ever travel to an exoplanet?

Fromexocast

ratings:

Length:

38 minutes

Released:

Mar 23, 2020

Format:

Podcast episode

Description

Exocast-43c - On this episode we ask the question: Can we EVER travel to an exoplanet?

Released:

Mar 23, 2020

Format:

Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

The exoplanet podcast

Skip carousel

Exocast-2 b by exocast
36 min listen
Exocast-3 b: Exocast-3 b In the third exocast episode: • Hugh looks at a ghostly bunch of controversial, redacted or “killed” exoplanets that have come and gone. • Hannah talks about how we can study the atmospheres of transiting exoplanets, by exocast
40 min listen
Exocast-1 b: Exocast-1 b In the inaugural exocast episode: • Hannah time travels through the history of exoplanets from the ancient greeks to the future; • Andrew takes a critical look at the habitable zone concept; • Hugh discusses recent news including the potent... by exocast
36 min listen
Exocast-16b: ELTs, JWST, news, 51 Eri b, newly minted Dr Osborn: Exocast-16b: ELTs, JWST, news, 51 Eri b, newly minted Dr Osborn by exocast
54 min listen
Exocast-9b SETI special: In Exocast-9b we take a special look at SETI and the Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence with expert guest Dr Duncan Forgan from the University of St Andrews. Hugh takes a VOXBOX of students at the University of Warwick looking at the Drake Equat... by exocast
62 min listen
Exocast-7b: Exocast-7b In the seventh exocast episode: • Hannah answers a range of questions posed to us on social media; • Andrew explores the the climate of an unexplored and (temporally) distant world: the early Earth; • Hugh discusses recent news and exoplanet... by exocast
40 min listen
Exocast-26b with Natasha Batalha, PandExo, RVs, and HAT-P-26b: In the 26th episode of Exocast: Natasha Batalha joins Hannah for a chat about PandExo (the Exoplanet ETC for HST and JWST) and her work on Martian climate modelling. Hugh discusses all things radial velocity: history, current, and future prospects. by exocast
66 min listen
Exocast-15b: biosignatures, TESS, news, Kepler-37b: Exocast-15b: biosignatures, TESS, news, Kepler-37b by exocast
42 min listen
Exocast-6b: Exocast-6 b In the sixth exocast episode: Hugh outlines the process of turning a potential detection into a confirmed planet. Hannah gets dusty peering through atmospheric hazes, aerosols and clouds. Andrew covers the big exoplanet news of the month: t... by exocast
43 min listen
Exocast-10b: For your listening pleasure in Exocast-10b, the first episode of 2017: Hugh provides some perspective on what happens to planets after their stars die. Hannah gives us a run down of Hubble’s new PanCET program. by exocast
42 min listen
Exocast-4b: Exocast-4 b In the fourth exocast episode: Hannah take us on a whirlwind tour of the planets in our own familiar solar system. Andrew covers how we can use the Mass and Radius of exoplanet to tell us about their interiors. by exocast
51 min listen
Exocast-17b: origins of life part 1, global circulation models, news, GJ 667Cc: Exocast-17b: origins of life part 1, global circulation models, news, GJ 667Cc by exocast
58 min listen
Exocast-5b: Exocast-5 b In the fifth exocast episode: Andrew take us through what biosignatures it would take to tell if a planet is habitable/in-habited. Hugh explores a quirk of Einsteinian physics which allows us to search for planets. by exocast
44 min listen
Exocast-23b: special guest Jayne Birkby, UKExoM, Gaia, news, WTS-2b: Exocast-23b: special guest Jayne Birkby, UKExoM, Gaia, news, WTS-2b by exocast
51 min listen
Exocast-14b: In the 14th episode of Exocast Hannah takes us back to basics and introduce the composition and chemistry of exoplanet atmospheres. Andrew covers some recent updates from astrobiology, the field of study that aims to figure out if there’s life on any t... by exocast
43 min listen
Exocast-11b: In the eleventh episode, Exocast-11b: Hannah covers all the incredible news about the Trappist-1 system, talking us through the discovery of seven new earth-sized worlds around this nearby ultra-cool dwarf. by exocast
50 min listen
Exocast-21b: planet formation, habitability of eccentric planets, news, Kepler-21b: Exocast-21b: planet formation, habitability of eccentric planets, news, Kepler-21b by exocast
59 min listen
Exocast-25b: Exoplanetary Helium (with guest Jess Spake), plus the “Shadow Biosphere”: In the 25th episode of Exocast: Jessica Spake joins us to chat about the first detection of exoplanetary Helium – around the planet Wasp-107b Andrew covers whether alien biology could exist in a Shadow Biosphere here on Earth. by exocast
57 min listen
Exocast-22b: panspermia, exoplanet phases, news, Kepler-167e: Exocast-22b: panspermia, exoplanet phases, news, Kepler-167e by exocast
47 min listen
Exocast-13b: In the 13th episode of Exocast Hugh talks about planets in binary systems – are two stars better than one? Hannah discussed the importance of brown dwarfs as the intermediary between planets and stars. Andrew takes us through the latest in exoplanetary... by exocast
56 min listen
Exocast-8b: Exocast-8b In the eighth Exocast episode: • Andrew turns his attention to the weird and wonderful worlds bringing science fiction and fact a little closer together; • Hugh covers the latest developments in the case of the enigmatic Boyajian’s Star; • H... by exocast
45 min listen
Exocast-28b: Special guest Daniel Angerhausen, SOFIA, technosignatures, news, HD 209458b: Exocast-28b: Special guest Daniel Angerhausen, SOFIA, technosignatures, news, HD 209458b by exocast
69 min listen
Exocast-12b: In the twelfth episode, Exocast-12b: Andrew details highlights of the recent UK exoplanet meeting. Hugh and Andrew play “Just an Arcminute” with UK exoplanet scientists. Hannah sits in at the exocast newsdesk to cover news including new data on the Tra... by exocast
49 min listen
Exocast-45d – Exoplanet News: new discoveries, characterisations, and formation research: On Exocast-45d we bring you the news from across exoplanet research this month with new discoveries, characterisations, habitability and formation papers. In America, WFIRST has been renamed the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope in honour to the pionee... by exocast
36 min listen
Exocast-19b: origins of life part 2, software and machine learning, news, Proxima b: Exocast-19b: origins of life part 2, software and machine learning, news, Proxima b by exocast
56 min listen
Exocast-30b: with special guest Jessie Christiansen, plus ExoCup2018 analysis: On the 30th episode of Exocast: Andrew is joined in the virtual exocast studio by Dr Jessie Christiansen from Caltech/NExSci to talk a little about her work on exoplanet demographics, catalogs, public outreach, and citizen science. by exocast
56 min listen
Exocast-29b: with special guest Sarah Hörst, Exomoons, News, and Exocup2018: On the 29th episode of Exocast: Hannah is joined by Professor Sarah Hörst from Johns Hopkins University to talk about her lab and working on haze production for solar system planets and beyond. Hugh discusses the concept of Exomoons following the recen... by exocast
67 min listen
Exocast-38b: Exoclimes V voxbox, NASA’s Flagship mission concepts, and exoplanet news: Exocast-38b: Exoclimes V voxbox, NASA's Flagship mission concepts, and exoplanet news including water in the atmosphere of K2-18b by exocast
60 min listen
Exocast-33b: with special guest Jessie Dotson, plus Ice Giants: Exocast-33b: with special guest Jessie Dotson, plus Ice Giants by exocast
68 min listen
Exocast-32b: featuring special guest Dr Jo Barstow, plus detecting the solar system from TRAPPIST-1: Exocast-32b: featuring special guest Dr Jo Barstow, plus detecting the solar system from Trappist-1 by exocast
57 min listen

More Episodes from exocast

Skip carousel

Discover this podcast and so much more

Exocast-43c: Can we ever travel to an exoplanet?

Exocast-43c: Can we ever travel to an exoplanet?

Description

Titles in the series (100)

More Episodes from exocast