[Interview+] Astronomy's Secret Weapon for Exomoon Search
We know exomoons should exist but so far none are confirmed. This is one the hottest search areas for astronomy. But how can we find them and what can we expect from the future discoveries? Finding out in this interview.
🟣 Guest: Dr. Thomas Winterhalder https://www.towinterhalder.com/
Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/u8o50DfFZiY
Comments (7)
Could FTL travel (if achieved) allow us to look back at Earth from light-years away and 'videograph' our history?
No, putting aside the impossibility of FTL, it will have the same difficulty as looking from earth at an exo planet, it would be just a pale blue dot.
Shouldn't David Kipping be in on this talk? Lol
moon wags planet … brilliant!
Question: What is the fundamental difference between a very small star and a very large planet?
Nuclear fusion
This was an awesome interview! The video linked below suggests the best method I’ve seen to-date on how we could differentiate between a “moon” orbiting a planet and a binary planet system. https://nebula.tv/videos/minutephysics-how-can-we-prove-the-moon-orbits-the-earth/