Exocast-50b: Why do we study exoplanets?

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• Episode: Exocast-50b: Why do we study exoplanets?
• Website: exocast
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• Duration: 00:48:47
• Published: 2021-04-05 18:00

In this months discussion Hugh, Hannah, and Andrew discuss the question: Why do we study exoplanets? The team take a look at their own personal motivation and how they each came study exoplanets, as well as diving into the technological applications of astronomy, and the philosophy behind the big questions in astronomy. Astronomy has been at the root of huge technological advances, from the X-ray machines at the airport, to the development of computer languages,