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One way astronomers found exoplanets was using the Kepler telescopes. The Kepler mission was specifically designed to find exoplanets in our region of the Milky Way. Since March 7, 2001, the Kepler telescope has found more than 4,000 exoplanets. That’ s more than half of the exoplanets that we have found in all! Even though the Kepler telescope stopped working on October 30, 2018, it is still the most famous telescope to find exoplanets.
Today, one way astronomers are currently finding exoplanets is using the transit method. It works when a planet passes by a star and blocks some of that starlight. For a brief period of time, the starlight gets dimmer. Although it is a little detail, it is enough to clue astronomers that there is an exoplanet around a star. Another technique scientists are using to find exoplanets is the radial-velocity method. This is not as simple as the transit method. It works by an exoplanet causing the star it orbits to wobble in space, changing the color of the light people see when they look at a star. This affects the star’ s visible light. If the star moves in the direction of the observer the color will change to blue. But if the star moves away from the observer the color shifts to red. There are so many other ways to find exoplanets, but you guys have heard enough from me. Now I am going to pass the baton to my partner Teddy Wood, who will tell us what makes exoplanets habitable. Take it away, Teddy.
As Alexander just told us, most exoplanets orbit stars. Why is this important for the habitability of an exoplanet? And for that matter, what makes an exoplanet potentially habitable? you might ask. I will be answering that question tonight. First, the star that the exoplanet orbits plays a huge role in what makes an exoplanet habitable. The star is essentially the Jaxson Dart to the exoplanet’ s New York Giants. Hotter and brighter stars emit more radiation. Radiation isn’ t always bad; it can provide energy. But too much
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