Why are these Exoplanets shrinking?
We have discovered thousands of worlds orbiting faraway stars on many planet-hunting missions. However, did you know that there has been a severe scarcity of exoplanets measuring between 1.5 and two times Earth's radius? This mystery was coined as the 'small planet radius gap'.
Learn more:
EXOPLANETS https://www.spacetv.net/exoplanets/
Written and narrated by Mia Belle Frothingham
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mia-frothingham-bb807b185/
https://www.amazon.com/Mia-Belle-Frothingham/e/B086LL1QXN/
Fact Checker Josh Wallis
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https://twitter.com/fuddymus
Audio Technician Alasdair Parkinson
http://alasdairparkinson.com
Technical support by TheseWorlds
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Sources:
https://www.sciencealert.com/there-s-a-weird-gap-in-the-sizes-of-exoplanets-and-it-could-be-because-they-re-shrinking
https://www.simonsfoundation.org/2021/05/14/shrinking-planets-could-explain-mystery-of-universes-missing-worlds/
https://scitechdaily.com/breakthrough-shrinking-planets-could-explain-mystery-of-universes-missing-worlds/
https://earthsky.org/space/shrinking-planets-mini-neptunes-super-earths-radius-gap/
Credits:
ESO/L. Calçada/spaceengine.org
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/Chris Smith (KBRwyle)
European Southern Observatory
Fulton et al/The American Astronomical Society
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Chris Smith (USRA)
ESO/M. Kornmesser
NASA/JPL-Caltech/M. Russo Contact SPACETV https://www.spacetv.net/contact-us/
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The earliest known Dark Matter detected, with Dr Maggie Lieu
Dark Matter is still one of the most profound mysteries in astrophysics and cosmology, and we still have no idea what it is, how it's produced, or what it's role is in the evolution of the universe.
Special thanks to Dr Maggie Lieu for her expert contribution. Subscribe to Space Mog https://www.youtube.com/@SpaceMog and watch Maggie's video about the Euclid Space Telescope https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fpgw9e1Iis
Learn more:
DARK MATTER https://www.spacetv.net/dark-matter-dark-energy/
EUCLID SPACE TELESCOPE https://www.spacetv.net/euclid-space-telescope/
VERA RUBIN OBSERVATORY https://www.spacetv.net/vera-c-rubin-observatory/
GALAXY CLUSTERS https://www.spacetv.net/galaxy-clusters/
GALAXIES https://www.spacetv.net/galaxies/
Written by Paul McCracken
https://paulmccracken91.wixsite.com/my-site
https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-mccracken-49b0aa156/
Narrated by Antonio Bustos
https://www.linkedin.com/in/antonio-bustos-018670224/
Sources:
https://www.sciencealert.com/dark-matter-has-now-been-measured-in-some-of-the-universe-s-youngest-galaxies
https://www.livescience.com/space/einstein-was-right-about-invisible-dark-matter-massive-new-map-of-the-universe-suggests
https://www.space.com/if-dark-matter-invisible-how-do-we-know-it-exists
https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/axions-shedding-light-on-dark-matter
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/dark-matter
Credits:
ESO/VISTA VMC/N. Risinger (skysurvey.org)
ESA - European Space Agency
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/CI Lab
NASA/ESA/M.Kornmesser
ESA - European Space Agency
NASA, ESA/Hubble, M. Kornmesser, L. Calçada
ICRAR/GAMA/Will Parr, Mark Swinbank and Dr. Peder Norberg (Durham University)
ESO/M. Kornmesser
ESO/INAF-VST/OmegaCAM. Music: John Dyson (from the album Moonwind)
ALMA (NRAO/ESO/NAOJ)/Luis Calçada (ESO)
NASA/CXC/A. Hobart/
Chandra X-ray Observatory YouTube
NASA, ESA, P. Kelly, M. Postman, J. Richard, S. Allen, N. Bartmann
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center and the Advanced Visualization Laboratory at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications
Wu, Hahn, Wechsler, Abel(KIPAC), Visualization: Kaehler (KIPAC)
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab
NASA / WMAP Science Team
The Hyper Suprime-Cam Survey collaboration
NASA/GSFC/National Center for Supercomputing/Advanced Visualization Laboratoy/B. O'Shea and M. Norman
SubaruTelescope, NAOJ
Science Office/LSST Project/NSF/AURA
Land on the Golden Gate by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Source: http://chriszabriskie.com/stuntisland/
Artist: http://chriszabriskie.com/
Mario Bava Sleeps In a Little Later Than He Expected To by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Source: http://chriszabriskie.com/vendaface/
Artist: http://chriszabriskie.com/
Cylinder Seven by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Source: http://chriszabriskie.com/cylinders/
Artist: http://chriszabriskie.com/
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Why you might need personal ROCKET INSURANCE
While most debris from rocket launches and space junk falls into the ocean, some of it crashes down onto land, and could one day land in your own back yard.
Special thanks to Ewan Wright, Graduate Student, University of British Columbia, Canada https://www.linkedin.com/in/ewan-wright/
Learn more:
SPACEFLIGHT https://www.spacetv.net/live-stream-guide-rocket-launches-and-landings/
CHINA SPACE AGENCY (CNSA) https://www.spacetv.net/cnsa/
BLUE ORIGIN https://www.spacetv.net/blue-origin/
SPACEX https://www.spacetv.net/spacex-news/
COMMERCIAL SPACEFLIGHT https://www.spacetv.net/commercial-space/
Written and researched by Josh Wallis
https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshua-wallis/
https://twitter.com/fuddymus
Narrated by Diedra O’Ree
http://www.dididoesvoices.com/
http://www.linkedin.com/in/dididoesvoices
Fact Checker Siddarth Rishi
Produced by SPACETV
https://spacetv.net
Technical support by TheseWorlds
https://theseworlds.com
Sources:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-022-01718-8
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2327922-10-per-cent-chance-falling-rockets-will-hit-someone-in-next-decade/
https://www.rocketlaunch.live/stats/2021
https://politics.ubc.ca/profile/michael-byers/
Credits:
Jonas Bendiksen https://www.jonasbendiksen.com/books/satellites
NASA / SpaceX
European Space Agency, ESA
NNSA US DOE
Federal Government of the United States
China National Space Administration (CNSA)/China Media Group(CMG)/China Central Television (CCTV)
Hanif Dasleozz
Blue Origin
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