What the discovery of exoplanets reveals about the universe | Jessie Christiansen

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🗓️ 9 January 2023

⏱️ 8 minutes

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What are the planets outside our solar system like? Astrophysicist and TED Fellow Jessie Christiansen has helped find thousands of them (and counting), and the variety is more wonderful and wild than you might imagine. She shares details on the trends emerging from the data -- including the intriguing possibility of "super-Earths" -- and what the discovery of exoplanets means for existential questions like: Where do we come from, and how did we get here?

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0:00.0	It's Ted Dox daily, I'm Elise Hugh.
0:06.8	What are the planets outside our solar system like?
0:10.2	Planet Hunter Jesse Christensen has helped to find thousands of them.
0:13.8	In her Ted 2022 talk, she shares what she's learned from so many of these planets and
0:18.6	the trends that emerge from the data.
0:20.8	I'm especially fascinated by the possibility of a super-earth.
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