Exoplanets: Finding Life in the Galaxy

Join Dr. Rob Zellem from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory as he explains how astronomers discover and characterize exoplanets, planets outside of our own solar system, using both ground- and space-based telescopes, with the ultimate goal of finding life. This was recorded on December 15, 2022.

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