Planets

Feb. 24, 2017 - CBC scientist Bob McDonald writes about the challenges that scientists face when trying to learn what the exoplanets are actually like.

This 12-minute video explains how our solar system works, focusing on how astronomers have searched for other stars and planets. Astronomers think there may be many billions of Earth-like planets in our galaxy.

This site is a is a free educational resource for elementary and secondary schools on exoplanets and the search for life, created by astrophysicists and education specialists.

In this set of activities, students will learn how scientists study exoplanets with satellites like Cheops using the transit method

An article about the discovery of Kepler-452b along with 3 related lesson plans for Grades 6-12

Learn about the 5 methods used by astronomers and scientists to search for exoplanets. Click on each method to see an animation of how it works.

An exoplanet is any planet beyond our solar system. We’ve found more than 5,800 exoplanets out of the billions that we think exist. Learn more!

This article from 2017 has information and animations about the Webb Telescope and the newly discovered Trappist exoplanets

7 Earth-sized planets were found in orbit around an ultra-cool dwarf star called TRAPPIST-1. NASA Scientists explain the implications of this amazing find. Related Lesson

In this six minute video, Olivier Guyon examines the possibility of finding other life-bearing planets among the billions of stars and galaxies in the universe. Related Lesson