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As the James Webb telescope becomes operational, we'll soon start receiving more data than ever before on the exoplanets nearest to us. The only problem is.... what ARE the exoplanets nearest to us? Today we're taking a look at our closest neighbors to see what our chances of finding alien life are close to home.
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"Silver Flame" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Deliberate Thought" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Sources / Further Reading
nasa.gov/image-feature/nearest-exoplanet-to-our-solar-system
space.com/17470-neptune-moon-triton-subsurface-ocean.html
esahubble.org/videos/archive/category/jwst
exoplanets.nasa.gov/alien-worlds/ways-to-find-a-planet/#/1
astrobiology.com/2019/12/simulations-of-water-vapor-and-clouds-on-rapidly-rotating-and-tidally-locked-planets-a-3d-model-inte.html
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.3894/JAMES.2010.2.13
astrobiology.com/2019/10/no-snowball-on-habitable-tidally-locked-planets-with-a-dynamic-ocean.html
worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/203650/how-do-you-map-the-climates-and-biomes-on-a-tidally-locked-planet-with-no-coriol
nas.nasa.gov/SC19/demos/demo30.html
climate-dynamics.org/videos/tidally-locked-earth
pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1315215111
arxiv.org/pdf/1405.1025.pdf
As the James Webb telescope becomes operational, we'll soon start receiving more data than ever before on the exoplanets nearest to us. The only problem is.... what ARE the exoplanets nearest to us? Today we're taking a look at our closest neighbors to see what our chances of finding alien life are close to home.
Support me on Patreon here: patreon.com/atlaspro
Follow me on twitter @theatlaspro
Select music from: soundcloud.com/atlas-pro-music
"Silver Flame" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
"Deliberate Thought" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Sources / Further Reading
nasa.gov/image-feature/nearest-exoplanet-to-our-solar-system
space.com/17470-neptune-moon-triton-subsurface-ocean.html
esahubble.org/videos/archive/category/jwst
exoplanets.nasa.gov/alien-worlds/ways-to-find-a-planet/#/1
astrobiology.com/2019/12/simulations-of-water-vapor-and-clouds-on-rapidly-rotating-and-tidally-locked-planets-a-3d-model-inte.html
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.3894/JAMES.2010.2.13
astrobiology.com/2019/10/no-snowball-on-habitable-tidally-locked-planets-with-a-dynamic-ocean.html
worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/203650/how-do-you-map-the-climates-and-biomes-on-a-tidally-locked-planet-with-no-coriol
nas.nasa.gov/SC19/demos/demo30.html
climate-dynamics.org/videos/tidally-locked-earth
pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1315215111
arxiv.org/pdf/1405.1025.pdf
