Exoplanets and the Search for Habitable Worlds
Ғылым және технология
May 5, 2010, at the Linda Hall Library
For thousands of years people have wondered, "Are we alone?" With over 400 planets discovered to orbit nearby stars, the existence of "exoplanets" is firmly established. Professor Sara Seager from MIT presents highlights of exoplanet discoveries and discuss when we might find another Earth and what kinds of signs of life we are looking for.
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With the lecture being 10 years old, I look forward to revisiting these questions as new answers (or questions) come from the JWST today.
@srmeister1
Жыл бұрын
13 years old
@DavidRayBurroughs
Жыл бұрын
13 years and 1 week...
@whirledpeas3477
10 ай бұрын
13 years 3 months 2 weeks 😊
@MartinSage
2 ай бұрын
I love science fiction. My favorite is an old 1950's radio show called X-Minus One. One of the stories is called "Universe" which tells the story of a huge craft holding an entire civilization. They have been traveling in space for decades upon decades with no end in view😢
This is wonderful
Great lecturer
What was known over 13 years ago ...
Look in the "red dot" region far away from "Sa amrng A* (center of Milky Way) as we are on another arm of the Milky Way. (Makes sense, for arm full of stars progably has an earth-like planet also rotating in a "Golidlocks Zone".
This was amazing! Had she done another one recently? I.e. 2024?
@LindaHallLibrary
9 күн бұрын
Glad you enjoyed the lecture! Check out Jessi Christiansen's recent talk on exoplanets: kzread.info/dash/bejne/Yn6W1K6nqtqqdJM.html
@TubeAddict999
6 күн бұрын
@@LindaHallLibrary thanks so much! Will do 😁
If we develop holographic mirrors, we may able to directly obverse planets out side our solar system🪞
@Jenalgo
Жыл бұрын
You're a moron.
@whirledpeas3477
10 ай бұрын
@@Jenalgo Interesting argument. 😅
Fact: millions of years ago Mars had an atmosphere like earth and oceans like earth. Fact: Samples from Mars shows proof that huge atomic activities occurred that resulted in the destruction of the atmosphere and oceans causing what we see today. Question: Could it be that survivors of Mar's atomic war colonized Earth?-
There is absolutely no proof of a god out there. Zero.
@unifive10
8 ай бұрын
All of this is proof
Whats the point when we dont even have a propulsion system that could reach that world in under 20.000 years?
@ethorii
Жыл бұрын
Inspiration for future generations to overcome current limits?
@laxmisarathy2519
Жыл бұрын
Iiio
@NondescriptMammal
Жыл бұрын
I agree, the nearest star is 25 trillion miles away, and humans have never been further from the earth than the moon... and we are searching for habitable planets? The point is probably that it's a sales pitch to keep the gullible public gung-ho about spending billions on the next bigger telescope. The strangest part is, even with our advances in technology, and ever improved space telescopes... even the JWST cannot determine whether any exoplanet is actually habitable. Period. It's not even close to having that capability.
@TubeAddict999
18 күн бұрын
It's a step closer.
Exo-planets are sexy.
Lots of assumptions here "life cannot live here", where it should be "no known life could live here" etc. Expected much higher level of lecture. The weakest so far I seen from Linda Hall Library.
Boring video of incredibly exciting subject.
Let's start with an ego blinded point of view that aliens could only have technology like ours. We're number 1 were number 1. 😂😅 0
Who pays the bills for all these types of zero sum endeavors? "100's" of years ahead of reality.
32:30 Completely ignores the increase flare activity of smaller stars and why that means they are NOT better than our sun. I gotta go watch fart videos.
@echo1257
Жыл бұрын
😅
@kordelas2514
Жыл бұрын
We do not know what local visual effects in the sky known as stars and the sun really are and how they occur.
There is absolutely no proof of a habitable planet beyond Earth’s atmosphere. Zero.
@esnevip
Жыл бұрын
Depends, habitable for whom?
@oqsy
Жыл бұрын
@@esnevip also a fair point
@kordelas2514
Жыл бұрын
There is no proof that Earth is a globe, a planet and that it is suspended in outer space. Zero.
@esnevip
Жыл бұрын
@@kordelas2514 please be satire..
@kordelas2514
Жыл бұрын
@@esnevip It is not. I just shared the truth.