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Imagining alien worlds: we explore the science and fiction of exoplanets

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In the past three decades astronomers have discovered more than 6000 exoplanets – planets that orbit stars other than the Sun. Many of these exoplanets are very unlike the eight planets of the solar system, making it clear that the cosmos contains a rich and varied array of alien worlds.

Weird and wonderful planets are also firmly entrenched in the world of science fiction, and the interplay between imagined and real planets is explored in the new book Amazing Worlds of Science Fiction and Science Fact. Its author Keith Cooper is my guest in this episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast and our conversation ranges from the amazing science of “hot Jupiter” exoplanets to how the plot of a popular Star Trek episode could inform our understanding of how life could exist on distant exoplanets.

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In the past three decades astronomers have discovered more than 6000 exoplanets – planets that orbit stars other than the Sun. Many of these exoplanets are very unlike the eight planets of the solar system, making it clear that the cosmos contains a rich and varied array of alien worlds.

Weird and wonderful planets are also firmly entrenched in the world of science fiction, and the interplay between imagined and real planets is explored in the new book Amazing Worlds of Science Fiction and Science Fact. Its author Keith Cooper is my guest in this episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast and our conversation ranges from the amazing science of “hot Jupiter” exoplanets to how the plot of a popular Star Trek episode could inform our understanding of how life could exist on distant exoplanets.

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