All about Exoplanets

Exoplanets are planets that exist outside of our own solar system. At the time that this was published, over 4,900 exoplanets have been discovered and thousands more are waiting to be confirmed. Learn how exoplanets are detected, categories scientists use to classify exoplanets, and missions involved with exoplanet detection.

Note: NASA has two other missions not mentioned in this video: Kepler Space Telescope and the Hubble Space Telescope. Links to learn more about these missions are listed below.

Chapters
0:00 - Intro
1:12 - Detection Methods of Exoplanets
4:40 - Planet Types
7:02 - NASA's Eyes on Exoplanets website
8:57 - Spitzer, TESS, and Planet Hunter Citizen Science project

Links and Resources mentioned in this video
▶ Eyes on Exoplanets: https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/eyes-on-e...
▶ Spitzer Space Telescope: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/spi...
▶ TESS Mission: https://www.nasa.gov/tess-transiting-...
▶ Zooniverse.org - Planet Hunters:https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/m...
▶ Kepler Space Telescope: https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/eyes-on-e...
▶ Hubble Space Telescope: https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/eyes-on-e...


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