Janna Levin Instagram – There may be billions of trillions of planets in the observable universe—possibly more planets than there are stars. These exoplanets range from giant storms of pure gas, like Jupiter, to rocky planets, like Earth, orbiting all manner of stars including dead collapsed neutron stars or even black holes. Their landscapes, weather, and astronomical calendars are stranger than science fiction could predict, as though the universe has experimented with every physically conceivable possibility. It seems unsustainable to imagine that only here on Earth has life emerged.
Despite the plethora of exoplanets, we can only observe those closest to us in our neighborhood of the Milky Way galaxy. They are simply too small and too faint to see across vast distances. Still, in our galactic neighborhood, we have already discovered over 4,000 to date. Scientists are scanning these proximate celestial bodies for any signs of life.
For our newest collaboration, Pioneer Works has teamed up with our friends at Supercluster (@superclusterhq) to provide you with your guide to these planets found across space, time, and imagination: the Exoplanets Playing Card Deck.
These Playing Cards will have an exclusive release at our Scientific Controversies No. 22: Exoplanets event on November 7th at Pioneer Works. My fantastic guests will be NASA’s Kepler Mission Scientist Prof. Natalie Batalha and comparative exoplanetary scientist Prof. Rebecca Oppenheimer.
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RSVP required for the live event: https://pioneerworks.org/programs/scientific-controversies-exoplanets | Posted on 30/Oct/2021 20:47:32
