Strange Optical Phenomenon Discovered on a Distant Planet

Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about a glory phenomenon observed for the first time outside of the solar system
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0:00 Atmospheres of exoplanets
0:50 Venutian phenomenon - glory
1:30 What glory is and how it works
2:35 Why this is important
3:45 New discovery from an exoplanet with iron rain
5:20 New discoveries in the twilight areas of the planet
6:55 Permanent atmospheric conditions
7:30 How this can apply to other planets and help us find water
8:45 Where this might go now

#exoplanet #astronomy #earth

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[markharwood]

Now we can observe a glory on an exoplanet and analyse the particles that are involved. What a time to be alive. Thank you again, Anton, and every scientist and technician who works on this stuff.

[Supercalifragilisticexpial-rx]

My main man Anton. If there's something happening out in space, he's on it.

[tompowers]

I enjoyed your eclipse live stream.
Stay wonderful.

[garyuntermeyer]

I was climbing out of the basin on the Chisos Mountains in Big Bend National Park. As I crested the rim I had a view of the adjacent cliff across a small canyon. The sun was behind me and, with it being a little bit foggy in the early morning I saw my shadow on the cliff and I was surrounded by a glory. It was quite surprising and it was many years before I learned the name for such a unique sighting.

[alekseyaleshintsev]

Wow, this is really cool. Agree, a new age of discoveries.

[jimcurtis]

Wonderful as always Anton. Thank you. 😊👍

[mikebosdet]

Thanks for all of the great science content you share, Anton!

[Benson_aka_devils_advocate_]

This made me think of Dr Kipping and his work on exoplanets and exomoons. I know he was recently awarded time on JWST to not only study exactly this but he's going to be looking at a planet he helped discover. Exciting times we live in for sure!

[AndrewJohnson-oyoj]

What an exciting time to be a science fan. Thank you to all the diligent and dedicated scientists and technicians who bring us these wonders.

[garylawson]

Thank you for another interesting video Anton!

[tinkerstrade]

I've been on this channel for years, and it has been constantly prevoking me to new considerations. I am so appreciative. I like thinking just for the pleasure of it.

One thing that I've noticed is how many "Hell Planets" are out there. Places that if life did exist there, it wouldn't be one we could likely visit, or even recognize the lifeform were they there. Why are these type of planets so prevalent? Why so few soft and pleasant worlds like our own?

Then I realized that at several points in our own planets history, it has also been barren and inhospitable to life even approximating our own. At first I looked at this as just a problem of having the right planetary recipe and diet to produce life. But then I thought of the Fermi Paradox.

We've been looking for large signals and perfect planets. But not for mobile civilizations. Planets may be just the incubators of life, having their own "bearing" seasons. Just as our own planet is fast turning into a copy of Venus, soon enough we'll leave the nest or die.

To me, it seems unlikely that we will find reasonably compatable inhabitants on water worlds, or snowball planets, or Martian wastelands. We need to look for activity in the deep dark reaches of space near resource rich areas. Maybe even inside small globular clusters. I think there may be a lot of gypsy travelers, out there where we too must one day go.

(Warning! Don't try to follow my train of thought that led from planetary glory to a possible factor in Fermi's Paradox. When I turned 70, I quit trying to understand my own internal wiring.🙄 )

[wispererflame]

Iron Rain sound like a name of a metal band :P

[Joe-jvmm]

Have studies using the Glory system, other than Venues/Earth, used on other Solar system celestial bodies? As always ❤ the Channel content 👏👏👏

[charleslueker]

Very interesting, another great video which paints a path forward for seeing potential habital planets. What are all these videos I'm seeing lately about seeing "city lights at night" on a planet?

[thomasgeorgecastleberry]

I guess exoplanets have exoskeletons walking around, probably playing cards and dancing. Maybe if the exoskeletons were wearing glasses that could be thought of as a "optical, " phenomenon.

[lh]

I've seen one of those airplane halos and a few sundogs. They usually form in very cold winters.

[mintonmiller]

I wish Anton had included some discussion on how lens refraction and other possibilities were ruled out.

[george_smiff]

Fascinating! Anton is so intelligent that I can even understand what is going on

[cthymnn]

I have always been very fascinated with science and so grateful for this channel. I never had high enough grades in school to study physics/astronomy in university (so I satisfied my curiosity through art/design) but thanks to these youtube channels I can learn this stuff. It is a shame that in the past only the super intelligent could be exposed to this knowledge.

[brianmckeever]

An interesting way to maybe detect habitable environments. Kool.