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Amazing Exoplanets Part 2

Amazing Exoplanets Part 2

FromGood Heavens! The Human Side of Astronomy


Amazing Exoplanets Part 2

FromGood Heavens! The Human Side of Astronomy

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Length:
40 minutes
Released:
Jul 3, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

This is part two of our two-part episode on the wondrous world of exoplanets. On this episode Wayne and Dan explore a "super Saturn" with a ring system of over 110,000,000 million miles in diameter. If this planet were where our Saturn is located, we could easily see the rings with the naked eye. They would appear four to five times larger than the full moon!
We'll also be looking at the darkest, blackest exoplanet discovered to date. Just a tad larger than our own Jupiter, It has baffled astronomers ever since its discovery. No one really knows why it's so dark.
How do these marvels help us to better appreciate and marvel at what God has done?  Come and see as we explore these wondrous worlds on this episode of Good Heavens!
Links for more information:
Alien world is blacker than coal (TrES-2b)
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2011/08/alien-world-is-blacker-than-coal/
Super-Saturn: astronomers find a massive ring system around an exoplanet
https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/news/184/super-saturn-astronomers-find-a-massive-ring-system-around-an-exoplanet/
 
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Released:
Jul 3, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

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A podcast about astronomy and faith with Wayne and Dan. Making astronomy relevant and understandable.