Planets Orbiting Other Suns

After reviewing the structure of our own solar system, Daniel Fabrycky teaches us about how planets outside our solar system (exoplanets) are disovered, using the Doppler effect and obscuration of distant stars. Fabrycky covers the compelling story of the Kepler mission, a dramatic success (thousands of new exoplanets discovered!) after much tribulation, and then closes with a fascinating story of the surprising diversity of planetary systems outside our own.

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Planets Orbiting Other Suns