#31 Joshua Winn - Exoplanet History, Discoveries and Future

About this episode

In this episode, David interviews Joshua Winn about the history, discoveries, and future of exoplanets.

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People in this episode

Host: David

Guest: Joshua Winn

Topics covered

• exoplanets
• astrophysics
• space exploration
• scientific discoveries
• future of astronomy

Keywords

• exoplanets
• astrophysics
• space
• discoveries
• future
• Princeton University
• The Little Book of Exoplanets

Sponsors

NordVPN, Incogni

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Princeton University, Cool Worlds Podcast, coolworldslab, halcyonmaps.com

Books & works: The Little Book of Exoplanets

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