This fortnight, Jason and Stephen talk about exoplanets: what they are, how they're found and why they are important.

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Links and Show Notes

NASA's Juno to Soar Closest to Jupiter This Saturday | NASA

Juno's first Jupiter close approach successful; best JunoCam images yet to come | The Planetary Society

Mock Mars Crew Will Return to Civilization Today, After 1 Year in Isolation

Mars simulation ends after a year on Hawaiian mountain

SES-10 Launching To Orbit On SpaceX’s Flight-Proven Falcon 9 Rocket

SpaceX on Twitter: "First launch of flight-proven first stage will use CRS-8 booster that delivered Dragon to @Space_Station in April https://t.co/UsqWeNBEK2"

An Interesting SETI Candidate in Hercules

Not a Drill: SETI Is Investigating a Possible ET Signal From Space | Observer

Kardashev scale - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Proxima Centauri b: Have we just found Earth’s cousin right on our doorstep? | The Planetary Society

Stop describing a planet as 'Earth-like' unless it really is

5 Ways to Find a Planet

Ohio State Astronomy 141 Autumn 2009 Lecture Audio Podcasts