From the Lab: Investigating exoplanets - with Jonathan Tennyson

About this episode

Astrophysicist Jonathan Tennyson discusses his research into exoplanets and how stars can help us learn more about them.

Planets outside of our solar system can unlock an abundance of secrets about our Universe. But how do we study them? Astrophysicist Jonathan Tennyson discusses his own research into exoplanets, and how researchers can use the stars to learn more about planets. About 'From the Lab': This is the second of our new 'From the Lab' series, taking the place of our 'From the Theatre' episodes. UCL are celebrating their 200th anniversary in 2026, and we've collaborated with them to host UCL researchers as our Discourse speakers throughout 2026. As part of this collaboration, we'll be bringing you episodes with each of these speakers two weeks before their Discourses to explore their research topics further and give you a sneak peek of what's to come in their Discourse. Buy tickets to Jonathan's Discourse on Friday 27 February on our website . Ri Science Podcast episodes are released on the last Wednesday of every month, and 'From the Lab' episodes are released on the second or third Friday of the month (two weeks before their respective Discourse). Subscribe to be notified as soon as the next episode is released!  Book tickets to upcoming talks on our  website &nbsp…

People in this episode

Host: Lia Hale

Guest: Jonathan Tennyson

Topics covered

• exoplanets
• astrophysics
• UCL collaboration
• research
• universe

Keywords

• exoplanets
• astrophysics
• UCL
• research
• universe
• stars
• discourse

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: UCL, Royal Institution

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