One of big projects here at the Cool Worlds Lan has been to try and detect reflected light off exoplanets. Tiffany Jansen has been leading this effort and here gives a 101 explainer as to how astronomers can do this and why it's so awesome! ::More about this Video:: ► Knutson et al. (2007), "A map of the day–night contrast of the extrasolar planet HD 189733b": https://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v447/n7141/full/nature05782.html ► Demory et al. (2013), "Inference of Inhomogeneous Clouds in an Exoplanet Atmosphere": https://arxiv.org/abs/1309.7894 ► Hu et al. (2012), "Theoretical Spectra of Terrestrial Exoplanet Surfaces": https://arxiv.org/abs/1204.1544 ► Kipping & Spiegel (2011), "Detection of visible light form the darkest world" https://arxiv.org/abs/1108.2297 ► Cool Worlds Lab website: http://coolworlds.astro.columbia.edu ► Columbia University Department of Astronomy: http://www.astro.columbia.edu ► Outro music by Daft Punk "Harder, Better, Stronger, Faster": http://www.daftpunk.com and http://smarturl.it/DaftPunkiTunes ::Playlists For Channel:: Latest Cool Worlds Videos ► http://bit.ly/NewCoolWorlds Cool Worlds Research ► http://bit.ly/CoolWorldsResearch Guest Videos ► http://bit.ly/CoolWorldsGuests Q&A Videos ► http://bit.ly/CoolWorldsQA Tabby's Star ► http://bit.ly/TabbysStar Science of TV/Film ► http://bit.ly/ScienceMovies ::Follow us:: SUBSCRIBE to the channel http://bit.ly/CoolWorldsSubscribe Cool Worlds Lab http://coolworlds.astro.columbia.edu Twitter https://twitter.com/david_kipping Instagram https://www.instagram.com/cool.worlds THANKS FOR WATCHING!!