Why Exomoons Are So Important

I wish you would do a video about SETI's "A Sign in Space." Even just a discussion, whatever you have to say about it. It is weird how nobody is talking about this. There is little press coverage in the US and there's almost nothing on YT, other than videos on the project's channel. My friends and I didn't even hear about this until more than 2 months after the transmission.

I used to be obsessed with astronomy, then I realized how much of the "science" was wild ass guesses and based on conjecture. I would be taught one thing in school and then read contradictory information in a journal. I have seen theories come and go, and be replaced with new theories. All of them based on junk science. These exoplanets are not 100% confirmed. "We think there might be something there." Then they go off and paint wild pictures of exotic planets, but all of it is guesswork. Call me old fashioned, but I like to have concrete evidence, not science fiction fantasy.

If we did get to a point where we could see exoplanets. Couldn’t we just look at them like we look at stars to see if they wobble due to having a moon?

David! It’s time for a new video, always get so excited when a new cool worlds podcast comes out. There’s a new exoplanet that’s been found that could have life on it, as you will know! Need to know your thoughts 😀💪👍😎

So incredibly fascinating and kinda against the grain which is usually the step to take in research. Thank you for all you guys do.

Are explanations given for your rejected proposals to use the jwst?

Love your videos so much, I watch them all in their entirety, keep it up!

Hi Coolworld , if it possible to get in contact with you directly , i have searched on the website but can not find any Direct email address ?

The only reason we are looking for exomoons, is because we are destroying our planet. Exoplanets are too big and have too high gravity for us to live on them.

I'm with you, David/Cool Worlds...

Why do science? No point in looking/asking questions? 'Sheer curiosity.' Unforeseen positive circumstances/discoveries/advancements/etc. in doing so.
Artificial satellites, thus technosignatues, might also be detectable (maybe even via their signals) as a side-effect of being able to see exomoons.
Certainly exomoons are a good reason to enhance our technology for viewing distant worlds. Enhancing tech would go a ways toward being able to view other cosmological phenomena.
Indeed, exomoons around large planets that are tidally-locked could 'unlock' the moon around the sun, thus giving it all of the sun, even if its parent was locked, thus opening up larger possibilities for life. Yes, Titan and Callisto are apparently ok, radiation-wise.
"...so, sorry, Pink Floyd, there's no such thing as the dark side of the moon..." ~ David
LOL

And if the planet is on right orbit there could be multply moons in goldilocks zone
I one system!

do you think exomoons research is more, or less important, than medical research into treating diseases or life extension? What % should be alocated to each?

Amazing video. Question though. Who is this gorgeous man??????

Finding exomoons with life in SpaceEngine is always so satisfying. Imagine finding one in real life - and one day visiting it! Thank you Cool Worlds team for these wonderful videos.

Now that they have detected co2 on Europa it only helps cement why they are important.

Algorithm.

Best narrator of any space channel.👍👍

Hey cool worlds, I’ve just uploaded a new video to my channel about future space exploration using a terrascope to find exomoons and exoplanets. It was totally inspired by your channel. Check it out!

Prof. You have the most soothing voice ever. Combine that comforting voice of yours with space stories and it’s so homey-familiar.

Could a magnetosphere of a gas giant conceivably be strong enough to protect its moons from an active dwarf star? If so, red dwarfs may not be bad places to look for ET.

I rememeber over a year ago now maybe closer to 2 years ago you told us you were trying to get time to look for evidence of exomoons with JWST.
I hope you get it, seems like such a worthy endeavor. ❤

@CoolWorldsLab Have you ever considered exoplanet J1407b as an exomoon candidate (or any other exoplanet with substantial ring system)? Would it be reasonable to assume the gaps in between the rings of such exoplanets would have also coalesced into exomoonlets/exomoons as in Saturn's case?

Isn't it so, that an exomoon even receives similar effects from its planet as our Earth receives from our moon - tidal waves and such?

Hey Prof. Kipping, since You're in particular interested in the discovery of exomoons, and because I had a promising idea in regard to such a goal, I wondered and wanted to ask if You've already considered or have otherwise become aware of the conceptual hypothetical possibility of detecting a large enough exo-icemoon orbiting a sufficiently large exo-gas-giant capable of squeezing such moon strong enough so that the icemoon were to violently outgas water into space via hydrothermal vents, given that the sizes of the regions in space covered in such events can be several times larger than the icemoon itself?

Seeing all the mask wearing makes me hope those humans can find a planet of their own

"They were all of them deceived..." Ah, it's so much fun being a part of Nerd Culture. May you be the first to find an ExoShire, Mr. Kipping -

Speaking of exomoons, i was thinking can those super Jupiter's or Saturn's that are tidally locked on one side to there host stars. Act as a moon for planets in the habitable zone of those stars. Providing night time and daytime life cycles, affecting the high and low water tide and weather patterns, similar to what happens on earth, maybe these planets in the habitable zone don't need moons

Given all the amazing things we've learned about the moons in our own solar system over the past few decades, and also given how much of our exoplanet study seems to be concentrated around red dwarf systems, it only makes sense for the location and study of exomoons to be given a high priority. I certainly hope that one day soon, you and your team will finally get some quality JWST time!

Your videos are perfect to watch, perfect to listen to while doing something else, perfect to chill, relax and dream yourself away among the stars and planets, perfect to fall asleep to....

Why are these scientists masked? Some of them are double masked.😷

Infamous! AKA, Bullshit. Totally agree. Liked!

As a 15 year old. Its crazy to see all the things we have yet to discover

When we talk about earth-like planets, what are the criteria for this designation? From what I’ve seen, it seems like a misnomer. Perhaps “potentially habitable” planets? Or is that less “sexy” for those who find these projects….? Question, though, regarding magnetic fields. Do we know which exoplanets have them or don’t have them? How do we know this?

Thanks, love the videos and what you’re doing on the platform!

Just as discovering exo-planets changed our understanding of the search for extraterrestrial life and cosmological mechanics, discovering exo-moons could have a similar impact.

When people speak of photographing exo-planets I recall how the opening lines of War Of The Worlds "No one would have believed that our world was being watched by intelligences greater than our own....across the gulf of space, intellects vast and cruel and unsympathetic regarded our planet with envious eyes...and slowly, and surely, drew their plans against us." could be applied to our own machinations.

Our own solar system would suggest moons make up the majority of potentially habitable worlds. If we care about finding life, not looking at moons would be absurd.

I just discovered your channel and I gotta say I love listening to you talk! Not only do I find your voice soothing, but more importantly you are really good at explaining things to a layman like me. You have great skill to be able to explain something thats usually difficult to comprehend, and you manage to explain it in a way that doesnt make me feel stupid. Definitely gonna subscribe I'm gonna bingewatch all your stuff tomorrow during my shift. 😂👍

Very enlightening, thank you!

So cool

It's sad to say, we're the only intelligent life in our universe, if anything was smarter they'd found us by now

But they were all of them deceived, nice LOTR reference

Damn, yeah, I always thought we were special because of our spin but you are quite right that even with tidal locking the moons will effectively have a spin! Wow I am 38 and have always been interested in space but this is the first time I have ever heard of this notion! Well done man, thanks for sharing. I sure hope to see more from you and that your work gets the amplification that it surely deserves. BTW, I found out about you through the comments on Atlas Pro's latest video, many of your fans were there too

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The unspoken benefit threaded through all of these reasons is the drive for technical improvement

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