Josh Wynn

It's pretty close by galactic standards.

It's pretty close by galactic standards.

The Gaia mission actually just ended.

The Gaia mission actually just ended.

The Gaia mission actually just ended.

Yeah, it ran for more than 10 years, diligently collecting data and measuring the locations of all these billion or so stars. But eventually, you know, all good things must come to an end. It ran out of fuel and it won't be conducting any more observations.

Yeah, it ran for more than 10 years, diligently collecting data and measuring the locations of all these billion or so stars. But eventually, you know, all good things must come to an end. It ran out of fuel and it won't be conducting any more observations.

Yeah, it ran for more than 10 years, diligently collecting data and measuring the locations of all these billion or so stars. But eventually, you know, all good things must come to an end. It ran out of fuel and it won't be conducting any more observations.

Exactly, yeah. So about a year and a half, maybe two years from now, we're going to have a much larger set of data that they're busy processing right now. And that should lead to the detection of at least hundreds and probably thousands of new exoplanets.

Exactly, yeah. So about a year and a half, maybe two years from now, we're going to have a much larger set of data that they're busy processing right now. And that should lead to the detection of at least hundreds and probably thousands of new exoplanets.

Exactly, yeah. So about a year and a half, maybe two years from now, we're going to have a much larger set of data that they're busy processing right now. And that should lead to the detection of at least hundreds and probably thousands of new exoplanets.

Well, imagine what it would be like if we didn't know about Jupiter or Saturn or Uranus or Neptune in our own solar system. We would have a really incomplete picture of what's going on around the sun. And We want to have the same kind of complete knowledge of exoplanetary systems.

Well, imagine what it would be like if we didn't know about Jupiter or Saturn or Uranus or Neptune in our own solar system. We would have a really incomplete picture of what's going on around the sun. And We want to have the same kind of complete knowledge of exoplanetary systems.

Well, imagine what it would be like if we didn't know about Jupiter or Saturn or Uranus or Neptune in our own solar system. We would have a really incomplete picture of what's going on around the sun. And We want to have the same kind of complete knowledge of exoplanetary systems.

We want to know about the little planets, the big planets, the nearby planets to the star, and the more distant planets, so that we can see what are the relationships between them, what are the patterns that hold in those systems, and how do they compare to what we observe in our system. It's hard to draw any conclusions when you're basing all your conclusions on one example, the solar system.

We want to know about the little planets, the big planets, the nearby planets to the star, and the more distant planets, so that we can see what are the relationships between them, what are the patterns that hold in those systems, and how do they compare to what we observe in our system. It's hard to draw any conclusions when you're basing all your conclusions on one example, the solar system.

We want to know about the little planets, the big planets, the nearby planets to the star, and the more distant planets, so that we can see what are the relationships between them, what are the patterns that hold in those systems, and how do they compare to what we observe in our system. It's hard to draw any conclusions when you're basing all your conclusions on one example, the solar system.

You really want thousands of data points. And you want complete knowledge of those systems before you can be confident about any patterns that might exist.

You really want thousands of data points. And you want complete knowledge of those systems before you can be confident about any patterns that might exist.

You really want thousands of data points. And you want complete knowledge of those systems before you can be confident about any patterns that might exist.