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Exoplanets!

 


Hello blog readers! Today we are going to learn about exoplanets.

What is an Exoplanet?

  An exoplanet is a planet that is orbiting other stars in our universe.

Key Points

  • Hubble and Kepler are two space telescopes that have found exoplanets.
  • Methods of finding exoplanets : Radial Velocity, Transit Method and Astronomy
  • The astronomy method is basically using powerful telescopes like Hubble to find exoplanets
  • The Transit Method used by Kepler was all about seeing little differences in a stars light. Basically when a little bit of a star's light wasn't reaching the Kepler Space Telescope, say for ex: the telescope would confirm an exoplanet.
  • The radial velocity method was basically using radar to determine the exoplanet's velocity and distance from the radar's starting point.
  • We have found exoplanets that are habitable.
  • Although we have found habitable exoplanets, we haven't found any alien life on exoplanets.
So this is a good start for starters about exoplanets. The Kepler Space Telescope is no longer active today, but you can visit  Hubble's website. Bye! I hope you had fun reading today's blog!



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