The Quest For Exomoons: Are We Close To Finding Another Earth?

Exoplanets are one of the most exciting fields in astronomy today. By studying exoplanets, scientists can gain insights into the diversity of planetary systems and the likelihood of finding other planets that could potentially harbor life. According to NASA, astronomers have — as of February 2022 — discovered almost 5,000 exoplanets, ranging from Earth-sized rocky bodies to giant gas behemoths more than 10 times the size of Jupiter. Spectacularly, some of these exoplanets are nothing like the planets we see in our own solar system, showing us how diverse and incredible the planets of the cosmos are. But there is something even more exciting than exoplanets- Exomoons. Exomoons are moons that orbit around exoplanets. But what would they look like? Could these exomoons be habitable too? In this video we will talk about all of that and more.

Exoplanet research is exciting because it has the potential to uncover new information about the formation, evolution, and potential habitability of planets beyond our solar system. Additionally, exoplanet research has already led to numerous discoveries of unexpected and fascinating planetary systems and continues to push the boundaries of our understanding of the universe. The idea of finding exomoons has been around for a while, but scientists have only recently witnessed success in finding these worlds.
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Credits: Nasa/Shutterstock/Storyblocks/Elon Musk/SpaceX/ESA/ESO/ Flickr

Video Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:07 Exoplanet research
02:18 Transit timing variation
04:10 planetary transit
07:28 Radio velocity

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[richardmercer]

A VERY strange queston! Of course they can! What alternative is there? "They're not allowed to"? "They have to use ours"?

[marqessanzcora]

David Kipping is underrated😢, he deserves more power then others giving him ( if they actually do ) . I wish him good luck

[Rogilio]

great video!👍 can't wait for the next one!

[antonsimmons]

Given the utter commonality of gas giants, I have long suspected more life will be found on moons than lone planets.

[rontru]

Nice video but what is with your voice today sounds like bucks bunny😂😂😂

[jimsithole]

When will humans be able to move to another habitable planets in very short

[sandeepagrawal]

In spite of discovery of a large number of exoplanets and a possibility that there could be billions and billions of planets in the universe it is an outstanding fact that life is amazingly uncommon as of now. In spite of all the possibilities of finding life elsewhere we have not been able to contact any other civilization.

[KhaoticDeterminism]

A planet needs a sizeable moon to be able to harbour life.

Your culture is not aware of how essential the moon is for life on Earth.

[SamiKotiranta]

What's with this episode title???
🙄😲🤭 Really...

[itsthat]

What's wrong with the voice today? Over de-essing maybe?

[miketaylor]

It's too early to tell what is going on with exomoons . We don't have enough data to infer more details. Your voice sounded kind of clammy this episode. You probably needed to brush and floss some more before recording. Back to the satellites. We'll have to catalog and do alot more inrensive studies of this solar system's moons to gain more insights on some of the possibilities in other star system's satellites and characteristics uniqueness being more aware of infinite approaching possibilities! You can't just say anything amongst many things is any one way because of the exponentially random combinations of infinitely branching variable factors. Even most of the so called constants in calculus are reduced to variables often over time and in certain reference frames of observational study. You have to keep advancing intellectually to just hope of catching glimmerings of more highly advanced knowledge that's currently out of reach. And you can't assume you're ever close to the truth .

[jacoblahr]

My mother n law has satellites orbiting her does that make her a planetary body ? 🤔 maybe gas giant like Jupiter 😆