[Interview] The Future of Exoplanet Research

What's the best way to use telescope time to search for exoplanets? How many will we be able to find in a best-case scenario? What future missions will help us with that? Answering all these questions and more with Dr Ben Hord from NASA Goddard. 👉 Identification of the Top TESS Objects of Interest for Atmospheric Characterisation of Transiting Exoplanets with JWSThttps://arxiv.org/pdf/2308.09617.pdf🐦 Ben Hord on Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/benhord🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday📚 Suggest books in the book club:https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1198440-universe-today-book-club00:00 Intro01:49 Deciding which exoplanets to observe09:56 Getting the masses15:13 Using telescope time19:28 What do we really know about exoplanets26:40 Exhausting our search capabilities31:10 Studying hot Jupiters35:00 Perfect exoplanet searching mission40:34 Current obsessions📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/6b377MO20uE📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTERRead by 60,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads.Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter🎧 PODCASTSUniverse Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/🤳 OTHER SOCIAL MEDIATwitter: https://twitter.com/fcainTwitter: https://twitter.com/universetodayFacebook: https://facebook.com/universetodayInstagram: https://instagram.com/universetoday📩 CONTACT [email protected]⚖️ LICENSECreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)Support Universe Today Podcast