October 2017 – exocast

The Exocast Exoplanet #ExoCup

adminOctober 30, 2017No CommentsTags: battle, competition, exocast, ExoCup, exoplanet

The Exocast Exoplanet #ExoCup Head-to-head fight to the finish. 32 exoplanets go in one becomes the champion! You can see fun facts about all of our competing exoplanets by checking out the Exocast ExoCup cards. The #ExoCup Cards: The data for the cards was compiled from a number of sources including: NASA Exoplanet Archive, exoplanets.org, Transiting Exoplanet Catalogue (TEPCat), Planetary Habitability Laboratory, and any related journal articles or news stories concerning the individual planets. The

Exocast-19b: origins of life part 2, software and machine learning, news, Proxima b

adminOctober 30, 2017No CommentsTags: computing, discoveries, exocast, ExoCup, high resolution, IDL, KELT, life, Na, Proxima b, python, TiO, WASP

Exocast-19b: origins of life part 2, software and machine learning, news, Proxima b

Exocast-18b – Direct Imaging Special with special guest Sasha Hinkley

adminOctober 7, 2017No CommentsTags: adaptive optics, astronomy, Beta Pic, coronography, E-ELT, ESO, exoplanets, HR8799, JWST, Keck, sasha hinckley, Sphere, telescopes, VLT

In the 18th episode of Exocast, we chat to Sasha Hinkley, a direct imaging expert at the University of Exeter: “Spotlights & fireflies” – what it means to be able to directly image planets and how we do it. Why direct imaging may not have the numbers compared to other detection techniques, but can give us so much more information on each planet The future of direct imaging instruments, including JWST, WFIRST and the E-ELT.