How to Find Earth 2.0 - Livestream

5000 exoplanets have been confirmed or validated to orbit other stars over the past 30 years. This revolution in our understanding of our Universe is driven by a multitude of advances in data analysis techniques and engineering to achieve unprecedented precision and accuracy. I will provide an overview of the several different methods we use to detect these distant exoplanets, and what we've learned from our discoveries about our Universe. I will present exoplanet research projects at George Mason University, and conclude with a look to the future of exoplanet discovery. The race is on to find Earth-sized planets, understand their atmospheres with JWST and a future flagship direct imaging mission, and search for signs of habitability and if we're lucky, life.

Speaker: Peter Plavchan, George Mason University

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