How To Discover A New Planet (Science Out Loud S1 Ep1)
Channel: MITK12Videos
Date: 2014-05-13

Thousands of planets - ones that look totally different than what we're used to (and could host life!) - exist outside of our solar system. But we're only just now starting to find them! Ashley takes you behind the simple technique that astronomers have been using to discover these curious new planets.
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Awesome MIT videos on exoplanets and outer space, MIT course materials, educator resources, and Ashley's bio can be found here: http://k12videos.mit.edu/how-to-discover-a-new-planet
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Hosted and written by: Ashley Villar
Additional scripting: Elizabeth Choe, George Zaidan, Tyler DeWitt
Science reviewer: Dr. Zach Berta-Thompson

Executive producer: Elizabeth Choe
Director: George Zaidan
Editors: Jessica Harrop, Per Hoel (http://perhoel.org/)
Production assistants: Conor Olmstead, Dan Martin

Squiggle animations: Jessica Harrop
3D animations & satellite images: NASA Kepler Mission (http://kepler.nasa.gov/)
Music: Planet Zero by Jahzzar (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jahzzar/1Up/Planet_Zero), Go Cart by Kevin Macleod (http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1300006)

Special thanks: Prof. John Essigmann, Simmons Hall