JWST discovered PHOTOCHEMISTRY in an exoplanet's atmosphere (this is a BIG deal) ft. Dr. Jake Taylor

The first of my videos for "JWST month" on my channel celebrating one year since the launch of JWST!



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👩🏽‍💻 I'm Dr. Becky Smethurst, an astrophysicist at the University of Oxford (Christ Church). I love making videos about science with an unnatural level of enthusiasm. I like to focus on how we know things, not just what we know. And especially, the things we still don't know. If you've ever wondered about something in space and couldn't find an answer online - you can ask me! My day job is to do research into how supermassive black holes can affect the galaxies that they live in. In particular, I look at whether the energy output from the disk of material orbiting around a growing supermassive black hole can stop a galaxy from forming stars.

[morganmitchell]

Shoutout to my supervisor Don for creating WASP and to my friend Evie for writing the NIRCam paper 🤩. I'm so proud :)

[cawsha]

Science can explain everything. Except how motorbikes can move despite converting 100% of their energy into noise.

[curtiswfranks]

We are in a golden age of science communication. Even sixteen years ago, there were just a handful of public science personalities. Now, we (or – more importantly – kids) can search for this content with ease and get an abundance of results. But none of that would be possible without people like Dr. Becky actually producing and publishing that content. So, thank you, Dr. Becky and all ScienceTube/EduTube creators!

[philochristos]

I was telling my brother and sister-in-law about this the other day, and they didn't believe me at first. I had to explain to them how it worked. It is pretty amazing what we are capable of. My grandmother used to tell me about their horse and buggy when she was a kid and when she saw her first car. We have come a long way.

[matthewjohnson]

So cool you had Jake on, it’s amazing when the researchers chime in on things like this

[mimobase]

I really appreciate your enthusiasm and delivery as a science communicator. It's pitched higher then everyday science but you take the time to bring us all up to that higher point with clarity and respect - thank you so much for what you do

[liner]

When I was at primary school in the '60's, one of my favourite books to take out of the school library was a book on the solar system, but pretty much every planet either had very blurry photos, or 'artists impressions' of what they might look like. Fast forward to 2022, and we are analysing the atmospheres of planets 700 lightyears away - how amazing is that!
BTW, at 64 years of age, I am REALLY hoping that before I kick the bucket unequivocal evidence is found for present or past life either in the solar system or on one of these exoplanets - so get to it you lot! 😀

[johnsmith-oo]

Parents! Please take note of the MEL Science kits. As a child I would have loved this. I know because one of my favourite ever presents was a Chemistry set. Thanks Dr Becky for promoting this.

[blakedblake]

This was a really good episode. We, Astronomy buffs, are so lucky to have you. Thank you for all you do.

[willclark]

It's hard not to be into the science while looking at your expression when you discuss it. What a fantastic ambassador to astronomy!

[Jamalio]

Oh I am obsessed with Dr Jake! He needs his own channel!

[silo_fx]

I love your (and Dr Jake's) work. You both explained this topic really well to us mortals. Thanks

[seantlewis]

I absolutely love that you share your knowledge and enthusiasm with the rest of us on YouTube. I have always had a layman's interest in astronomy and astrophysics, and your excitement in sharing boosts that.

[williampatten]

All these discoveries and precision data gathering in only the first 6 months! Incredible.

[suitov]

I'm so glad this randomly came up in my recs. You and your colleague made astrophysics feel so warm and exciting - which it IS! Science is human potential shining brightly and good science communicators are so needed to get that across.

Going to listen to the A Cappella Science exoplanets song again to celebrate.

[nicklandreth]

You are doing such a great job explaining everything here.

Truly entertaining.

[meneeRubieko]

First time I am actually intrigued by the sponsor! Good on you Mel Science. I like the initiative for promoting scientific literacy at a young age

[freeman]

Amazing stuff! Thank your Dr. Becky and Dr. Taylor.

[helipilotuh]

It’s crazy to me that a planet can be that close to a star and not have its atmosphere completely boil and blow off.

[rogerkelley]

We all Love your way of making Astrophysics interesting, and exciting. For this old man in Texas, I am proud to find that some young people are happily doing things that are worth doing. Now if we could get Dr. Becky to play her Ukuleles for us, that would just be fantastic.