Be a part of Proxima b Research | Red Dots campaign | What the Physics
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Channel: Martin Archer · 2017 · Science & Technology
The team behind the discovery of our nearest exoplanet, Proxima b, is starting a new observational campaign to find out more about this world... and you can get involved too! W: http://www.martinarcher.co.uk T: http://www.twitter.com/martinarcher F: http://www.facebook.com/drmartinarcher 00:55 What is the Red Dots campaign? 01:51 Is Proxima b still there? 02:15 Nailing down Proxima b's properties 03:55 Other planets around Proxima Centauri? 04:44 Other red dwarf stars: Barnard's Star & Ross 154 Links for more information Red Dots website http://reddots.space Nature paper on Proxima b discovery http://nature.com/articles/doi:10.1038/nature19106 High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher (HARPS) at European Southern Observatory's 3.6m telescope http://www.eso.org/sci/facilities/lasilla/instruments/harps.html Thanks to Dr Guillem Anglada Escude (Queen Mary University of London), project lead on Red Dots Music by Doug Maxwell/Media Right Productions, Unicorn Heads, and www.bensound.com
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