Astrophiz 86 - Exobiology Pt2
b"Astrophiz 86: Professor Jonti Horner \\u2013 Exobiology Part 2\\n\\u2018Fingerprinting Exoplanets, NASA, TESS & MINERVA-AUSTRALIS\\u2019\\n+ \\u2018What\\u2019s Up Brendan\\u2019 because Dr Ian \\u2018Astroblog\\u2019 Musgrave is away at a conference in Hawaii.\\n\\nIn Part 2 of an extended three part interview, our featured guest is Professor\\xa0Jonti Horner, \\xa0the Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Southern Queensland in Australia. With thousands of citations, he is\\xa0an esteemed Astronomer and Astrobiologist who researches Exoplanets, Exoplanet Habitability and the evolution of our Solar system.\\xa0Jonti is leading the construction of the MINERVA-Australis exoplanet search and follow-up facility at the USQ\\xa0Mt. Kent Observatory.\\n\\nIn todays episode we hear about not contaminating space with our earthly bacteria as we explore the cosmos with robotic spacecraft, the history of exoplanet discovery, the different techniques used to discover exoplanets and fingerprinting exoplanet atmospheres, and how he is in a team working with NASA to confirm TESS\\u2019s exoplanet discoveries with the new MINERVA telescope facility using\\xa0 'off the shelf' optical instruments at the University of Southern Queensland"