Learn with us in this Kids Space Science Podcast about Exoplanets on The Children’s Hour. The Kids Crew talk with an exoplanetologist, Dr. Diana Dragomir. We discover what an exoplanet is, and how astronomers find them in a vast sea of stars. Find out if they have found aliens, and how you can help in the search.
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Everyone wonders if there’s life outside of Earth, but for life. to exist, it has to live somewhere. NASA is looking for these extra-terrestrial homes around other stars. These are called exoplanets: planets that are found outside our solar system.
The Kids Crew visit with exoplanetologist Dr. Diana Dragomir from the University of New Mexico. We discover what an exoplanet is, and how astronomers find them in a vast sea of stars. Learn if there’s life outside our solar system, and how you can help in the search.
Telescopes mounted on satellites provide images that make it possible to see an exoplanet transiting its star. A transit of a planet means it seems to pass in front of the star from our point of view. Detailed photos can reveal these transits, and help scientists discover exoplanets.
The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, called TESS, has been one of the tools NASA uses to document every part of space. TESS images have revealed thousands of exoplanets in many colors.
Everyday people can join the hunt for exoplanets, too! There is training involved, but the more eyes studying the sky the better. Learn more about becoming an ameteur exoplanetologist with NASA.
Learn even more about exoplanets in our learning guide and activities, and in this video produced for kids by the European Space Agency.
This episode of The Children’s Hour was written and produced by Katie Stone, with production help from Sarah Gabrielli, McKenzie Graunke, Thaniel Lentz and Isaac Lacerda. Our program was recorded at the Sunspot Solar Studio in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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Exoplanets Playlist
| title | artist | album |
|---|---|---|
| Looking for a Planet | Green Chili Jam Band | Coconut Moon |
| Ode to Pluto (You'll Always Be a Planet to Me) | Mister Mark | Go, Galileo! |
| At My Planetarium | Steve Pullara And His Cool Beans Band | Aliens, Astronauts and Asteroids! |
| My Name is Juno Hello Jupiter (Instrumental) | Claudia Robin Gunn | Little Wild Universe (Instrumentals) |
| The Planets Song | The BeatBuds | The BeatBuds, Vol. 2 |
| Planet Song | Stevie Q | Wonder Why |
| Tastes Like Space | Secret Agent 23 Skidoo | Infinity Plus One |
| Space Probe | Metre | Circuit |
| Meet the Exoplanets | The Nirks | Meet the Exoplanets Musical |
| Space Travel | Borrtex | Distant Sphere - EP |
| We Are Stardust | Charity and the JAMband | Party Like a Twinkle Star |
| Earth From Outer Space (feat. K'naan) | Michael Franti & Spearhead | All People |
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