The Promise of New Worlds: The Kepler Mission, featuring Professor Paul Delaney

The Promise of New Worlds: The Kepler Mission

Since 1995, over 450 new exo-planets have been discovered. When the Kepler spaceprobe was launched in April 2009, many expected hundreds of new worlds to be discovered in its 4 year lifespan. It appears that hundreds of exo-planets may have been found within the first months of its mission, suggesting that planets are more common than we had thought or dared hope. In this talk, Astronomy and Physics Professor Paul Delaney discusses the exploding field of exo-planetary astronomy, what we can expect in the coming months and its implication for life within our galaxy.

Speaker's bio:

Paul Delaney has been a Professor of Physics and Astronomy at York University since 1986. He is the Coordinator of the campus Astronomical Observatory and the Director of the Division of Natural Science. From 1995 to 2001 he was the Chair of Access York and was again its Acting Chair from 2009 through 2010. He is a passionate educator and delights in discussing the wonders of the universe with people of all ages.

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[zencat999]

just gave it a thumbs down for no slides!

[zencat999]

show the slides he is referring to!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am not really interested in seeing his ugly mug the whole damn lecture.

show the slides when there are slides!!!

[myjizzureye]

This guy sure does like to say "If you will".