Awesome Astronomy - We’ve Discovered At Least 5,000 Planets!

<p><a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByfigQW-6Mk">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByfigQW-6Mk</a></p> <p>Paul Hill, Ralph Wilkins and Dr. Jenifer “Dr. Dust” Millard host.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> <p>Damien Phillips, John Wildridge and Dustin Ruoff produce.</p> <p><strong>From Jan 28, 2022.</strong></p> <p>Taking a look at how over the last 40 years we went from only knowing of the handful of planets in our solar system to knowing of around 5,000 planets littering the galaxy.</p> <p> </p> <p>- How have we discovered new planets?</p> <p>- How many are there?<span class= "Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> <p>- How many stars have planets around them?<span class= "Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> <p>- Are there star systems with multiple planets like our solar system?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> <p>- Do we see the diversity of large gassy, small rocky and ringed planets around other stars?<span class= "Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> <p><em>… And the big one:</em></p> <p>- Are any of them habitable?</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Find out in this episode!</strong></p> <p> </p> <p>But please do help us out by subscribing to the show:</p> <p><a href= "https://www.youtube.com/awesomeastronomy?sub_confirmation=1">https://www.youtube.com/awesomeastron...</a></p> <p> </p> <p>And if you want to hear more from us in podcast form, we have 2 episodes each month -<span class= "Apple-converted-space"> </span> an astronomy themed show on the 1st of every month and a space exploration themed show on the 15th of every month:</p> <p> </p> <p>iTunes: <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqa2UzVk5vS2dOQUFoNWt6aHp4XzVwRUZfOG03Z3xBQ3Jtc0tsWTA1bHZwSWhuaFpEYU52cXZnUW5SOXh2anZteEtET0NLMWxxTkFkaFJSUFp2UE5JYnFRNThwZXFJcUF6WDhVZ21mb093aE15VWEyQlRYYnEwdTVBTy1ESkV4M3p4SFVUaDQ5amNjV1FBRWNxNGFzRQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fpodcasts.apple.com%2Fgb%2Fpodcast%2Fawesome-astronomy%2Fid521780589&v=ByfigQW-6Mk"> https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast...</a><span cla