[Interview] The Future of Exoplanet Research

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.

👉 Identification of the Top TESS Objects of Interest for Atmospheric Characterisation of Transiting Exoplanets with JWST
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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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