20 May 2024

Exoplanets

From Sci Fi / Sci Fact, 5:00 am on 20 May 2024
Computer illustration of an extrasolar planet with three moons and gaseous nebula.

Computer illustration of an extrasolar planet with three moons and gaseous nebula. Photo: AFP or licensors

Jan Eldridge in star-patterned dress in front of image of galaxies

Professor Jan Eldridge Photo: University of Auckland

In science fiction set in outer space, it is remarkable how often intergalatic explorers discover planets that have similarities to Earth.

Associate Professor Jan Eldridge talks with Bryan Crump about what we know of exoplanets and the likelihood that some might be able to sustain life.

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