Weather and climate on planets orbiting other stars: A new frontier in planetary science
Update: 2012-11-15
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An exploding new scientific field – the discovery and characterization of planets around other stars – is expanding the boundaries of planetary science far beyond the confines of our solar system. To date, nearly 3,000 of these so-called "exoplanets" have been discovered. It is an amazing moment: For the first time in human history, the number of planets known outside the solar system greatly exceeds the number known inside it. Several dozen of these newly discovered exoplanets are bright and close enough that, amazingly, we are able to characterize the composition, temperature, climate and weather in their atmospheres. In this talk Showman will survey this exciting new field and show how it holds promise of revealing the broad range of possible climates and Earth's place in it.
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