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SUMMARY:The Sky at Night 255x4 - Exoplanets - Strange New Worlds
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DESCRIPTION:The team go on a cosmic adventure\, exploring one of the new
	estareas of modern astronomy – the search for exoplanets\, thedistant bo
	dies that orbit stars beyond our own solar system.These strange new worlds
	 are transforming our understanding ofhow planets form\, where we can look
	 for potentially habitableones and just how unique\, or not\, our own Eart
	h may be.Thiscaptivating new field intrigued presenter George Dransfield s
	omuch that she left her secure teaching job to go back touniversity to stu
	dy for a PhD\, and so she was thrilled by theopportunity to travel to Germ
	any\, where ESA's Plato spacecraftis being built. This cutting-edge missio
	n will study exoplanetslike never before. Dubbed 'the planet hunter'\, Pla
	to will useits 26 cameras to scan over 2\,000 sun-like stars to search for
	rocky Earth-like planets. With each camera capturing81.4-megapixel images\
	, the resulting two-billion-pixel overallview will be the largest ever for
	 a space mission. George meetsESA's Thomas Walloschek and OHB's Pablo Jorb
	a Coloma\, to talkabout the engineering challenges they have overcome\, be
	foregoing to see the space craft in the clean room where it isbeing built.
	Back in the UK\, Chris Lintott takes us on a quicktour through 30 years of
	 exoplanet discovery and shares apossibly endless list of the strange new 
	worlds that have beenfound. He also meets Dr Edward Bryant\, from the Univ
	ersity ofWarwick\, whose recent discovery of planet TOI-6894 b waspublishe
	d in June. This Saturn-sized gas giant\, orbiting atiny red dwarf star\, d
	efies current models of planet formationand raises new questions about how
	 such massive planets canform around such small stars. Could our models be
	 missingsomething fundamental?Meanwhile\, Maggie Aderin-Pocock explainsthe
	 mystery of the exoplanet Radius Valley - with the help ofsome sweets\, of
	 course! She then speaks to LarissaPalethorpe\, whose PhD research in this
	 area led to thediscovery of Gliese 12 b\, the closest Earth-sized planet 
	inthe habitable zone found to date.As ever\, Pete Lawrence is onhand with 
	practical stargazing tips for the summer months\,including how to spot and
	 photograph the 'moon illusion' - anoptical trick that makes the moon appe
	ar unusually large whenit's near the horizon. With the moon sitting low in
	 the skyduring this phase of its 18.6-year cycle\, it's the perfecttime to
	 try capturing this stunning effect.Finally\, weconclude this episode with
	 a celebration of Chris Lintott's 25years since his first appearance on th
	e programme.The strangenew worlds being uncovered through exoplanet resear
	ch offer arich and thought-provoking glimpse into the incrediblediversity 
	of planets across the universe and prompt us toconsider just how rare\, or
	 common\, our place in it might be\,and this programme takes you on a jour
	ney to explore them fromthe comfort of your own sofa!
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