All Space Considered – November 2023
Griffith Observatory broadcasts this public program live from the Leonard Nimoy Event Horizon Theater generally on the third Thursday of every month. Join the Observatory's curatorial staff as they examine and explain the most-talked-about subjects in astronomy and space science. It is free to attend in-person or stream on YouTube.
Upcoming All Space Considered
Join the Observatory’s curatorial staff as they examine and explain the most-talked-about subjects in astronomy and space science. Griffith Observatory broadcasts this public program live from the Leonard Nimoy Event Horizon Theater generally on the third Thursday of every month. It is free to attend in-person or stream on YouTube. For more information, follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.
Topics this month are listed below.
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Dr. Joshua Winn - Strange New Worlds
Our special guest this month is Dr. Joshua Winn, professor of astrophysics at Princeton University and the author of The Little Book of Exoplanets (discount code: WINN30). He will be sharing his research on planets orbiting other stars.
Did you know that it wasn’t until the 1990s that scientists could be sure there were planets beyond our solar system? Since then, astronomers have discovered thousands of these planets – known as “exoplanets” – circling distant stars. Princeton professor Joshua Winn will explain why it took so long to find them, what new technologies and techniques were required, and what kinds of planets have been found. Recent advances have revealed bizarre new planets unlike anything in the solar system, while also bringing us to the threshold of finding other planets similar to Earth.
Dr. Joshua Winn is a professor of astrophysics at Princeton University, and author of The Little Book of Exoplanets, published in 2023. His research goals are to explore the properties of planets around other stars, to understand how planets form and evolve, and to make progress on the age-old question of whether there are other planets capable of supporting life. He is also a member of an ongoing NASA mission called TESS that is discovering a couple of new planets every week, on average.
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