I Need My Space

Astrophysicist Jackie Faherty, of the American Museum of Natural History, joins Rae to answer questions about how and when humanity will find the next habitable world.Questions Include: What is an exoplanet? What is a brown dwarf? What if Venus had a habitable atmosphere? Are there other habitable worlds out there? What would it take for humanity to travel the solar system? Are Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos the right people to make humans an interplanetary species? Is NASA too white and too male? How are we diversifying the field of space science? What’s a hot Jupiter? Is there a ninth planet in our solar system? How can I help look for other planets? How do planets form? How do stars form? Where is the next best place in our solar system? Where is the closest exoplanet?Follow I Need My Space on Social Media:Twitter: @INeedMySpacePodInstagram: @INeedMySpace PodFB: I Need My Space PodDo you think our Solar System is hiding a mini-Neptune? Let us know on social media by using the hashtag #INeedMySpace!Where to Find