AFP 20 - Exploring Alien Worlds with Sara Seager

30/08/2023 50 min

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Episode Synopsis

Ever wondered about distant worlds beyond our solar system? Join Jeroen Schreel and Sara Seager, a professor in physics, aeronautics and astronautics and planetary science at MIT, on an exhilarating journey into the realm of exoplanets. Take a dive into the discussion of exoplanet atmospheres, rogue planets, the intriguing case of phosphine on Venus and the mind blowing possibilities of other extraterrestrial life.

This is the paper we discussed during this episode:
Greaves et al., 2021. Phosphine gas in the cloud decks of Venus. Nature Astronomy, 5: pp. 655-664
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-020-1174-4

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