[Interview] How Red Dwarf Stars Could Host Habitable Planets After All

Universe Today Podcast - A podcast by Fraser Cain

We're still waiting for the results from JWST about the atmospheres on the TRAPPIST-1 planets. But is there a way for red dwarf planets to keep atmospheres on planets. Latest research seems to show that it might be possible. šŸŸ£ Guest: Dr. Joshua Krissansen-Totton https://depts.washington.edu/astrobio/wordpress/profile/joshua-krissansen-totton/ šŸ“œ The erosion of large primary atmospheres typically leaves behind substantial secondary atmospheres on temperate rocky planets https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-52642-6 šŸ¦„ Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Intro 02:09 Problems with M dwarfs 11:22 Holding on to atmospheres 19:46 JWST observations 24:10 Habitable worlds observatory 32:40 Trappist-1 results wen? 40:22 More interviews šŸ“ŗ VIDEO VERSION #TODO_LINK šŸ“° GUIDE TO SPACE Newsletter No ads. Subscribe for FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter šŸŽ§ PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/ šŸ“© CONTACT FRASER [email protected] āš–ļø LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)Support Universe Today Podcast