YoVDO

The Search for Exoplanets: What Astronomers Know

Offered By: The Great Courses Plus

Tags

Exoplanets Courses Astronomy Courses Space Exploration Courses Planetary Science Courses Planetary Atmospheres Courses

Course Description

Overview

Join the search for another Earth in this 24-lecture series that explores the brand new science of exoplanets-worlds that exist outside of our solar system.

Syllabus

  • By This Professor
  • 01: Why Study Exoplanets?
  • 02: How to Find an Exoplanet
  • 03: Doppler and Transit Planet-Finding Methods
  • 04: Pioneers of Planet Searching
  • 05: The Misplaced Giant Planets
  • 06: Explaining the Misplaced Giant Planets
  • 07: The Transits of Exoplanets
  • 08: Sniffing Planetary Atmospheres
  • 09: Stellar Rotation and Planetary Revolution
  • 10: Super-Earths or Mini-Neptunes?
  • 11: Transiting Planets and the Kepler Mission
  • 12: Compact Multiplanet Systems
  • 13: Planets Circling Two Stars
  • 14: Lava Worlds
  • 15: Earthlike Planets
  • 16: Living with a Dwarf Star
  • 17: Living with a Giant Star
  • 18: Our Nearest Exoplanetary Neighbors
  • 19: Finding Planets with Gravitational Lensing
  • 20: Finding Planets with Direct Imaging
  • 21: Near-Term Future Planet-Finding Projects
  • 22: Long-Term Future Planet-Finding Projects
  • 23: The Search for Life on Exoplanets
  • 24: Coming Soon: Biosignatures, Moons, and More!

Taught by

Joshua N. Winn

Related Courses

Imagining Other Earths
Princeton University via Coursera
Icy bodies: Europa and elsewhere
The Open University via OpenLearn
An introduction to exoplanets
The Open University via OpenLearn
The Moon
The Open University via OpenLearn
Moons of our Solar System
The Open University via OpenLearn