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Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: A Goldilocks Planet?

9th - 10th
Planet hunters say they've identified the first planet orbiting a distant star with conditions right to sustain liquid water and, perhaps, life.
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Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Sensing the Atmosphere of Distant Planets

9th - 10th
Scientists using the Hubble Space Telescope have been able to detect the chemical signature of methane in the atmosphere of a planet orbiting a star 63 light-years away.
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Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Exosolar Planet Update

9th - 10th
We'll hear about new work in the field of discovering exosolar planets -- including research that used the Hubble Space Telescope to take optical images of a planet orbiting a star some 25 light years away. [12 mins. 29]