Episode
Dr. Jason Wang -- Taking a Photo of an Exoplanet
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- The Astrophysics Podcast
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- Aug 1, 2024
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- 2761
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Summary
For centuries, all that we have known about planets was confined to our own solar system, and its occasionally-changing number of planets (eight as of now). But in the past several decades, astronomers have developed increasingly sophisticated techniques for detecting planets outside our solar system, orbiting distant stars many light-years away. Dr. Jason Wang is an innovator who has developed powerful data analysis methods which have allowed us to take direct images of these exoplanets.