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Eclipses in Outer Space

Our Universe Revealed Series
2024-04-02 18:30:00 2024-04-02 19:30:00 America/New_York Eclipses in Outer Space One way to find planets around other stars in the universe is the eclipse transit method. Learn how Dr. Lauren Weiss uses observational techniques to discover exoplanets. Main Library - Community Learning Center - Leighton Auditorium, Auditorium Lobby

Tuesday, April 02
6:30pm - 7:30pm

Add to Calendar 2024-04-02 18:30:00 2024-04-02 19:30:00 America/New_York Eclipses in Outer Space One way to find planets around other stars in the universe is the eclipse transit method. Learn how Dr. Lauren Weiss uses observational techniques to discover exoplanets. Main Library - Community Learning Center - Leighton Auditorium, Auditorium Lobby

Main Library - Community Learning Center

Leighton Auditorium, Auditorium Lobby

One way to find planets around other stars in the universe is the eclipse transit method. Learn how Dr. Lauren Weiss uses observational techniques to discover exoplanets.

Dr. Weiss uses observational techniques to discover exoplanets, which are planets around other stars, and characterize their fundamental properties. Her goals are to understand the origin and evolution of planetary systems and assess whether some exoplanets could be habitable. One way to find planets around other stars in the universe is the eclipse transit method. It works for star-planet systems aligned in a way that, as seen from earth, the planet travels between us and the star, temporarily blocking some of the light from the star once every orbit.


Presented by Lauren Weiss, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Physics & Astronomy
University of Notre Dame

AGE GROUP: | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Science & Technology |

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