Astronomer Answers Exoplanet Questions

Astronomer and Associate Curator of Astrophysics at the American Museum of Natural History Dr. Ruth Angus joins WIRED to answer the internet’s burning questions about exoplanets. What is the most extreme exoplanet? Have we discovered any habitable planets yet? How are the waves on Miller’s planet (Interstellar) so big? Answers to these questions and many more await on Exoplanet Support. Image Credit: “HR 8799 Orbiting Exoplanets” by Jason Wang (Caltech)/Christian Marois (NRC Herzberg), licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0). Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HR_8799_Orbiting_Exoplanets.gif License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ No modifications made. For information about the American Museum of Natural History, visit https://amnh.org or connect with the Museum on YouTube: @americanmuseumofnaturalhistory. WIRED recommends: https://youtu.be/yPD1v5WR9eQ https://youtu.be/LFt5CwsZNK8 https://youtu.be/Mt3eexuKelg Watch more from WIRED | Tech Support: https://www.youtube.com/show/VLPLibNZv5Zd0dwIx8baZGDdkoPNg6LHAPDi?sbp=QAE%3D #Space #Science #Exoplanet 00:00 - Exoplanet Support 00:16 - The 9th planet of the solar system 01:07 - Keeping up with the Keplerians. 02:53 - Exoplanet (noun): That’s free real estate 03:23 - Tatooine is real, pass it on 04:17 - The floor is lava, literally 05:17 - 10/10 atmosphere, would recommend 06:49 - Earth’s great, but Kepler-186f just gets me 08:50 - We got Earth 2.0 before GTA 6 10:01 - Mars is looking pretty good now, huh? 10:42 - 👽 Earth detected: Mostly water, mild anxiety + high taxes 11:34 - Intergalactic house hunting 12:40 - The grand cosmic photobomb 13:53 - Born to shine, forced to orbit 14:43 - Zoom in 10,000,000,000x 15:51 - Methane detected. Either there’s life or it’s Taco Tuesday 17:00 - 55 Cancri e: The 18-hour year 17:51 - Galactic third wheeling 19:01 - Out of orbit, out of mind 19:27 - SETI is always left on read 20:11 - Catfished by a starspot 22:13 - The surf on Miller’s planet hits different Still haven’t subscribed to WIRED on YouTube? ►► http://wrd.cm/15fP7B7 Download the WIRED app: https://wired.com/app Listen to the Uncanny Valley podcast ►► https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/uncanny-valley-wired/id266391367 Want more WIRED? Get the magazine ►► https://subscribe.wired.com/subscribe/splits/wired/WIR_YouTube?source=EDT_WIR_YouTube_0_Video_Description_ZZ Follow WIRED: Instagram ►►https://instagram.com/wired Twitter ►►http://www.twitter.com/wired Facebook ►►https://www.facebook.com/wired Tik Tok ►►https://www.tiktok.com/@wired Get more incredible stories on science and tech with our daily newsletter: https://wrd.cm/DailyYT ABOUT WIRED WIRED is where tomorrow is realized. Through thought-provoking stories and videos, WIRED explores the future of business, innovation, and culture.