The Search for Exoplanets: What Astronomers Know

Sniffing Planetary Atmospheres

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S1 • E8    Sep 23, 2015    30m
Survey the history of spectroscopy to understand how a telescope and a diffraction grating can disclose the composition of a star and its planet. Then learn how transits and occultations are ideal for analyzing planetary atmospheres, paving the way for the search for signatures of life.

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