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Reflections from an Alien World | Tiffany Jansen

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August 2, 2017

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One of big projects here at the Cool Worlds Lan has been to try and detect reflected light off exoplanets. Tiffany Jansen has been leading this effort and here gives a 101 explainer as to how astronomers can do this and why it's so awesome!

::More about this Video::

► Knutson et al. (2007), "A map of the daynight contrast of the extrasolar planet HD 189733b"

► Demory et al. (2013), "Inference of Inhomogeneous Clouds in an Exoplanet Atmosphere"

► Hu et al. (2012), "Theoretical Spectra of Terrestrial Exoplanet Surfaces"

► Kipping & Spiegel (2011), "Detection of visible light form the darkest world"

► Cool Worlds Lab website

► Columbia University Department of Astronomy

► Outro music by Daft Punk "Harder, Better, Stronger, Faster"and

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