Als er één astronoom is die ons kan gaan vertellen of er leven is op andere planeten, dan is het Lisa Kaltenegger. In deze aflevering hoort u hoe zij te werk gaat en welke spannende exoplaneten op dit moment extra aandacht verdienen.

Two temperate super-Earths transiting a nearby late-type M dwarf:

https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2022/11/aa44041-22/aa44041-22.html (https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2022/11/aa44041-22/aa44041-22.html)

TRAPPIST-1:

https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRAPPIST-1 (https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRAPPIST-1)

What might JWST reveal about TRAPPIST-1?

https://www.planetary.org/articles/james-webb-space-telescope-trappist-1 (https://www.planetary.org/articles/james-webb-space-telescope-trappist-1)

Surface biosignatures of exo-Earths: Remote detection of extraterrestrial life:

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1421237112 (https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1421237112)

Surface biosignatures of exo-Earths:

http://biosignatures.astro.cornell.edu/ (http://biosignatures.astro.cornell.edu/)

Lisa Kaltenegger:

https://www.quantamagazine.org/alien-life-a-dream-of-discovery-finds-new-hope-20221103 (https://www.quantamagazine.org/alien-life-a-dream-of-discovery-finds-new-hope-20221103)

SPECULOOS:

https://www.speculoos.uliege.be/cms/c_4259452/en/speculoos (https://www.speculoos.uliege.be/cms/c_4259452/en/speculoos)

Two temperate super-Earths transiting a nearby late-type M dwarf:

https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2022/11/aa44041-22/aa44041-22.html (https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2022/11/aa44041-22/aa44041-22.html)