CNN The Hunt for Planet B November 21, 2021 02:09:00
Didn't think that was a good idea. people would come up to me and say, "you can talk to my adviser, he thinks exoplanets are nothing. you shouldn't be doing this. he'll tell you." professors would say, look, people are finding planets, i kind of believe them, but we'll never be able to study their atmospheres. when i was on the job market as a junior faculty, there was one transiting planet, hd 2459 b. they say, i get there's one object, i think it's a one object, one-method success. i don't know if this field's going to go anywhere. >> the webb telescope is 100 times more powerful than hubble...
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