Live webinar exoplanets in space and in the classroom
In brief
On Thursday 24 February, join ESA astronomer, Maximiliam Günther, in this live webinar about exoplanets. The webinar is tailored to secondary students and educators. Connect live and take the opportunity to ask questions to a real space expert!
In-depth
Date: 24 February 2022
Time: 11.00h – 12.00h CET
Duration: 1 hour
Language: English
Level: Secondary students and educators
Location: Online
Registration: register here
Discover exoplanets with ESA
More than 25 years ago, 51 Pegasi b was the first planet to be discovered orbiting a sun-like star. Since then, more than 4000 exoplanets – planets orbiting stars other than our own - have been found using a number of different techniques and telescopes, both from the Earth and from space.
A big surprise has been the very diverse range of planet sizes, masses, densities and orbits that have been found. These include types of planets with no analogue in our Solar System.
Studying these very diverse exoplanets and their individual planetary systems is key to understanding how they form and evolve, and will provide essential clues to whether and where life might exist in the Universe.
In this talk we will learn more about exoplanets with Maximilian Günther. Max is an astronomer at the European Space Agency, and he is hunting for potentially habitable worlds around other stars. In his fascinating career, he has researched genetic diseases, black holes and exoplanets and he even worked with Nobel Prize winner Didier Queloz who discovered the first exoplanet.
We invite teachers and young learners aged 16 to 19 to attend the virtual event with their school classes or as individuals. Register here.
This webinar is part of series of webinars organized by Science in School and hosted by EIROforum member institutions.
For more classroom resources about exoplanets and how to integrate them into the classroom visit Teach with Exoplanets.