Ep. 644: Is Earth… Normal?

Astronomy Cast

Now that we’ve discovered thousands of exoplanets, we’re learning more and more about what kinds of planetary systems there are out there across the Universe. Are planets like Earth unique or totally rare?

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In Depth | Leonids (NASA)

May 31st Could Be the Most Powerful Meteor Storm in Generations, or Nothing at All (Universe Today)

Comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 – Fragments B, G (Hubblesite)

PODCAST: Ep. 642: Is the Sun… Normal? (Astronomy Cast)

Infographic: Profile of planet 51 Pegasi b (NASA Exoplanets)

Hot Jupiter (NASA Exoplanets)

Kepler and K2 Missions (NASA)

What is the habitable zone or “Goldilocks zone”? (NASA Exoplanets)

Overview | Mars (NASA)

Overview | Venus (NASA)

In Depth | Venus (NASA)

NASA finds evidence two early planets collided to form Moon (NASA)

Methanogen – an overview (Science Direct)

The Great Oxidation Event: How Cyanobacteria Changed Life (American Society for Microbiology)

PODCAST: Ep. 641: Are Planets Alive? (Astronomy Cast)

What is the Radial Velocity Method? (Universe Today)

What is the Transit Method? (Universe Today)

Red Dwarf (Swinburne University)

Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) (NASA JPL)

The Realm of the Ice Giants (The Planetary Society)

Exoplanet Transformations: Puffy Planets Become Super-Earths (Caltech)

Discoveries Dashboard (NASA Exoplanets)

Largest Batch of Earth-size Habitable Zone Planets Found Orbiting TRAPPIST-1 (NASA Exoplanets)

Neutron star collisions are a “goldmine” of heavy elements, study finds (MIT)

Our Solar System’s “Shocking” Origin (Carnegie Science)

JWST (NASA)

Habitable Exoplanet Observatory (HabEx) (NASA JPL)

Science with the ELT: Exoplanets (ESO)

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