The Cosmic Companion VIP Newsletter - Dr. Eric Agol and TRAPPIST-1 - February 8, 2021

SNEAK PREVIEW: Dr. Eric Agol discusses his recent findings from the TRAPPIST-1 planetary system. PLUS a BIG announcement!

Hi everyone:

This is a special edition of the VIP newsletter, as I am ready to tell our VIP subscribers a secret (keep reading — it’s worth it)!

But first - we welcome Professor Eric Agol from the University of Washington to the show. He is an astrophysicist focused on the study of exoplanets, and we will be talking about his work uncovering conditions on the seven worlds of the TRAPPIST-1 system.

Student astronomer Yuanming Wang, who may have recently found a large part of the Universe, visits Astronomy News with The Cosmic Companion March 2. Image credit: Cloud: Mark Myers/OzGrav Wang: Louise Cooper Collage: The Cosmic Companion

We also look at a study proposing a new way to find dark matter – one of the greatest mysteries in astrophysics. Next, we examine a possible new method for seeing long-elusive gravitational waves. Finally, we hear the story of a student astronomer who may have found a missing piece of the Cosmos.

Here’s tomorrow’s episode of the show, in an advance showing for …