Science Magazine Podcast

Peering beyond the haze of alien worlds, and how failures help us make new discoveries

Jan 12, 2023

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Optical Properties for Exoplanet Atmospheres

01:46

What Are Aerosols in the Atmosphere of Our Solar System?

01:42

The JWST - Space Telescope and Exoplanet Atmospheres

01:35

Introduction

2min

The JWST - Space Telescope and Exoplanet Atmospheres

2min

What Are Aerosols in the Atmosphere of Our Solar System?

2min

Is This a Haze or a Cloud?

2min

The Exoplanets That We're Looking at Are Super Earth Hot Jupiters

2min

How to Make a Titan Chamber?

2min

What Do You Know About Tollons and How Do They Interact With Light?

2min

Optical Properties for Exoplanet Atmospheres

2min

Arnie's Observation of an Exoplanet

2min

10.

Next Gen Voices - The Next Generation of Scientists

3min

11.

The Science Podcast - Letters Editor Jennifer Sills

2min

12.

Is There a Future in Biology Education?

2min

13.

The Fruits of Failure Prompt

3min

14.

Science Communication - Not Giving Up

2min

15.

How Do You Come Up With Prompts for Science Writing?

3min

16.

Next Gen Voices - Science Podcast

2min

Data on hazes and clouds may be key to understanding exoplanets, and NextGen letter writers share the upside of failure

Hazes and clouds could keep exoplanets’ secrets hidden, unless researchers can re-create them here on Earth. After celebrating JWST and its ability to look far back in time and help us look for habitable exoplanets as the 2022 Science Breakthrough of the Year, News Intern Zack Savitsky talks with host Sarah Crespi about an overlooked problem with using telescopes to examine exoplanets’ atmospheres.

What was your greatest mistake? In a chat with producer Kevin McLean, Letters Editor Jennifer Sills shares stories from NextGen Voices about failures that led them in unexpected directions in their science careers.

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This week’s episode was produced with help from Podigy.

[Image: NASA/Ames/JPL-Caltech; Music: Jeffrey Cook]

[alt: exoplanet with cloudy and hazy atmosphere with podcast symbol overlay]

Authors: Sarah Crespi; Kevin McLean; Jennifer Sills; Zack Savitsky

Episode page: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adg6078

About the Science Podcast: https://www.science.org/content/page/about-science-podcast

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