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    Meet the Universe March 20, 2024 Exploring the Universe in our Collections September 08, 2023 How Did We Discover the Planets? August 01, 2023 AirSpace Ep.10:
    Happy (Planet) Hunting
    July 25, 2018
    The Fun of Finding Exoplanets November 30, 2017
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    Learn more National Science Foundation Discovering Our Universe National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC Learn more Kenneth C. Griffin
    Exploring the Planets Gallery
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    What’s New in Aerospace: Leading Kepler Scientist: "I Didn’t Plan on Being a Scientist" (Natalie Batalha) Batalha is an astrophysicist at NASA Ames Research Center and the project scientist for NASA’s Kepler Mission. Hear about what she is working on and how she got to where she is today. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iu78fL2iKds&feature=youtu.be Grades 13-14, Grades 15-16, Grades 17-20, Grade 12, Grade 10, Grade 9, Grade 8, Grade 7, Grade 6, Grade 11 Exoplanets

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    Flights of Fancy Story Time: "Three Friends Alien Adventure" When Ruth finds a box of old comic books in her attic, the three friends are inspired to write and film their own science fiction movie with aliens, robots, and space explorers. https://youtu.be/-CJ1VOSIiSk Grade PK, Grade K, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3 Exoplanets, Science fiction, Spaceflight

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    My Path: "Don't Be Afraid of Who You Are." Hannah Wakeford, Astronomer Dr. Hannah Wakeford is on the cutting edge researching and hunting for exoplanets. Many of these newly discovered planets are in the Goldilocks Zone where conditions may be right to support life. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SM4gSVAhMIQ&list=PL6RlkQnoCx_VvN6SkGaFShkAyOcNX8Rry&index=9 Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9 Astronomy, Dwarf planets, Exoplanets, People, Solar System, Spaceflight

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    What’s New in Aerospace: Leading Kepler Scientist: I Didn’t Plan on Being a Scientist (Natalie Batalha) Batalha is an astrophysicist at NASA Ames Research Center and the project scientist for NASA’s Kepler Mission. Hear about what she is working on and how she got to where she is today. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iu78fL2iKds&feature=youtu.be Grades 13-14, Grades 15-16, Grades 17-20, Grade 12, Grade 10, Grade 9, Grade 8, Grade 7, Grade 6, Grade 11 Exoplanets

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    What’s New in Aerospace: What’s Next in the the Search for Habitable Planets (Matt Shindell) A researcher from NASA Ames shares his work to develop new direct imaging technologies to study exoplanets in greater detail and discover habitable worlds outside of our solar system. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpwOfryBdFM Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 5, Grade 9, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grades 13-14, Grades 15-16, Grades 17-20 Exoplanets

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    What’s New in Aerospace: Exploring Alien Atmospheres Tom Barclay and Hannah Wakeford will talk about what we have learned so far in our exploration of exoplanets to look for biomarkers, signs of alien life. https://youtu.be/S2G-D9_0UM0 Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grades 13-14, Grades 15-16, Grades 17-20 Human spaceflight, Science, Exoplanets

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