What's the best way to use telescope time to search for exoplanets? How many will we be able to find in a best-case scenario? What future missions will help us with that? Answering all these questions and more with Dr Ben Hord from NASA Goddard.
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00:00 Intro
01:49 Deciding which exoplanets to observe
09:56 Getting the masses
15:13 Using telescope time
19:28 What do we really know about exoplanets
26:40 Exhausting our search capabilities
31:10 Studying hot Jupiters
35:00 Perfect exoplanet searching mission
40:34 Current obsessions
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