Slide 1 First Photo of an Exoplanet (2004) Slide 2 First Photo of Exoplanet This 2004 photograph made by the European Southern Observatory shows the first known photo of…

Slide 1 Music, Math, and Motion Physics of Sound Ch.12 § 7-9 Dr. E.J. Zita The Evergreen St. College Winter week 8 Friday 27 Feb. 2009 Slide 2 Ch.12c: Doppler effect, Shock…

The Origin of Stars, Planets, and Life in the Universe Dr. Natalie Batalha [email protected] How many planets are there in our Solar System? Poll Question: Taking…

Mars Rover âCuriosityâ Launch: Saturday Landing: August 2012 Twice as long and five times as heavy as Spirit and Opportunity. Will examine whether Mars has ever been suitable…

Heaviest Stellar Black Hole in Nearby Galaxy CXC release Oct. 17, 2007 A 15.65 M in an eclipsing binary in the nearby spiral Galaxy Messier 33 ……Nature 449, 972-875…

Detecting Exoplanets Ma Bo, Department of Astronomy, Nanjing University  Candidates detected (342)  by radial velocity 316  by Transiting methods 58 by microlensing 8…

Mars Rover âCuriosityâ Launch: Saturday Landing: August 2012 Twice as long and five times as heavy as Spirit and Opportunity. Will examine whether Mars has ever been suitable…

MOTION What is motion ? What are the different types of motion? What is the physics relating to motion called? ok! we have answers to all these questions. 1. what is motion?…

18.3 Life Around Other Stars Our goals for learning Are habitable planets likely? Are Earth-like planets rare or common? Are habitable planets likely? Definition: A habitable…

The slides in this collection are all related and should be useful in preparing a presentation on SIM PlanetQuest. Note, however, that there is some redundancy in the collection…