Awesome Astronomy - We’ve Discovered At Least 5,000 Planets!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByfigQW-6Mk Paul Hill, Ralph Wilkins and Dr. Jenifer “Dr. Dust” Millard host.  Damien Phillips, John Wildridge and Dustin Ruoff produce. From Jan 28, 2022. Taking a look at how over the last 40 years we went from only knowing of the handful of planets in our solar system to knowing of around 5,000 planets littering the galaxy.   - How have we discovered new planets? - How many are there?  - How many stars have planets around them?  - Are there star systems with multiple planets like our solar system?  - Do we see the diversity of large gassy, small rocky and ringed planets around other stars?  … And the big one: - Are any of them habitable?   Find out in this episode!   But please do help us out by subscribing to the show: https://www.youtube.com/awesomeastron...   And if you want to hear more from us in podcast form, we have 2 episodes each month -  an astronomy themed show on the 1st of every month and a space exploration themed show on the 15th of every month:   iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast...  Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5Yr24VA... Amazon Music: https://tinyurl.com/fnhxs94a  Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/show/awesome...  TuneIn: https://tunein.com/podcasts/Science/A...   We've added a new way to donate to 365 Days of Astronomy to support editing, hosting, and production costs.  Just visit: https://www.patreon.com/365DaysOfAstronomy and donate as much as you can! Share the podcast with your friends and send the Patreon link to them too!  Every bit helps! Thank you! ------------------------------------ Do go visit http://www.redbubble.com/people/CosmoQuestX/shop for cool Astronomy Cast and CosmoQuest t-shirts, coffee mugs and other awesomeness! http://cosmoquest.org/Donate This show is made possible through your donations.  Thank you! (Haven't donated? It's not too late! Just click!) ------------------------------------ The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is produced by the Planetary Science Institute. http://www.psi.edu Visit us on the web at 365DaysOfAstronomy.org or email us at [email protected].