Ep. 54 - Exoplanets & Telescopes ft. Lisa Dang

<p><strong>Lisa Dang</strong> is an enthusiastic, outgoing and optimistic <strong>PhD </strong>student in <strong>Astrophysics </strong>at <strong>McGill University</strong>. During her graduate degree, she also held a research position at the <em>NASA Spitzer Science Center</em> at Caltech in Pasadena, California. Right now, she’s studying the diversity of <em><strong>exoplanets </strong></em>and their climate, with a variety of space telescopes, and most excitingly with the upcoming <em>James Webb Space Telescope</em>. She hopes to understand how planets form and evolve, to ultimately uncover the recipe for habitable planets! When she’s not busy scratching her head looking at copious amounts of data, you can find her traveling, drawing, or taking care of her plants!<br> <br> <strong>Tune in for answers to questions like...</strong><br> Is there life in the universe beyond earth?<br> How do we define life?<br> How old are you in "Hot Jupiter" years?<br> What and how have we learned about exoplanets?<br> What are the mechanisms behind tidal locking?<br> and more!<br> <br> <strong>Topics &amp; Concepts<br> </strong>A Simplified Universe<br> Our Special Solar System<br> Atmospheric Disequilibrium<br> Exotic Planets: Hot Jupiters &amp; Magma Earths<br> The Era of Exoplanet Characterization<br> The James Webb Space Telescope<br> Hubble &amp; The Visible Light Problem<br> Spitzer &amp; Infrared Astronomy<br> Geocentric &amp; Earth-Trailing Orbits<br> The Kepler Planet-Finder Mission<br> Transits<br> Planet K2-141b<br> Spectroscopy<br> Tidal Locking<br> Wacky Weather Systems<br> The TRAPPIST System<br> M-Stars</p> <p>///</p> <p><strong>My New Audio Course on Listenable: The Secret Life of Words</strong> <a href="https://listenable.io/web/courses/402/the-secret-life-of-words/"><strong>https://listenable.io/web/courses/402/the-secret-life-of-words/</strong></a></p> <p><strong>Does free will exist? </strong>Maybe. Regardless, please share your cherished feedback with us at abstractcast@gmail.com!</p> <p><strong>Liking the