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Feb 2022
12m 35s

REACHing Out: What Do Exoplanets Look Li...

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REACHing Out are bi-weekly mini-episodes where we answer YOUR Questions. This week's question comes from Max in Illinois who asks "What Do Exoplanets Look Like?"

Hosts: Brian Holden and Meredith Stepien

Written by: Sandy Marshall with Nate DuFort, Meredith Stepien and Brian Holden.

Co-Created, Produced by: Nate DuFort and Sandy Marshall

Edited by: Nate DuFort

Music composed by: Jesse Case

Logo by: Steven Lyons

 

Special thanks to Dr. Doug Hudgins, Program Scientist for NASA’s Exoplanet Exploration Program at NASA Headquarters.

https://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/organization-and-staff/staff-bios/dr-douglas-hudgins

We’d also like to offer thanks to our friends at NASA Space Place, along with Calla Cofield and Kay Ferrari at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and Alise Fisher at NASA Headquarters.

NASA Space Place: What is an Exoplanet?

https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/all-about-exoplanets/en/

NASA: All about Exoplanets

https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/  

 

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