The search for planets around other stars is heating up. So far, there are over 4,000 confirmed exoplanets. What would the Earth look like in one of these searches?

NASA will soon wrap up four concept studies of major space observatories that could launch sometime in the coming couple decades. One of these is the Large UV/optical/IR (LUVOIR) Surveyor. LUVOIR is a concept for a highly capable, multi-wavelength observatory with ambitious science goals. This mission would enable a major leap forward in a broad range of astrophysics, from the era of galaxy formation and evolution, to star and planet formation. LUVOIR also has the exciting goal of characterizing a wide range of exoplanets, including those that might be habitable - or even inhabited. Join Tony Darnell and Harley Thronson as they discuss this concept with Drs. John O’Meara (St. Michael’s College), Debra Fischer (Yale University), and Matthew Bolcar (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center). Future in Space Hangouts are endorsed by the American Astronomical Society and the American Astronautical Society. AAS Wernher Von Braun Memorial Symposium, Oct 23-25: http://astronautical.org/events/vonbraun/ Check out the LUVOIR Website Here: https://asd.gsfc.nasa.gov/luvoir/ Get the LUVOIR Graphics here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1A0uOz8x63oHGtkc8sqW5TeQRBskZHFbH Like this content? Please consider becoming a patron: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy Follow DeepAstronomy on Twitter: @DeepAstronomy Join our free Discord server for always-on chat action! https://discord.gg/nqGpvtK ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGyb0g2NiXI

http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/ The SDO launches tomorrow! I have a terrible headcold, so I can't do any narration right now, but I really wanted to let Space Fans know about this exciting new solar spacecraft. I had a very small role to play in the SDO/HMI project and was going to attend the launch, but life kinda got in the way. Here is an outline of the science that the SDO team hopes to accomplish If you're a 2012 solar storm watcher, this is the spacecraft to keep an eye on. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRI4lqZjuGw

http://gplus.to/TonyDarnell http://facebook.com/SpaceFan Milky Way Black Hole Grazing on Asteroids http://chandra.si.edu/press/12_releases/press_020812.html Is Venus Slowing down? http://www.esa.int/export/esaSC/SEM0TLSXXXG_index_0.html#subhead2 Coolest Brown Dwarf: http://outreach.jach.hawaii.edu/pressroom//2010_ukirt_ulas1416/ http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2010/01/29/the-case-of-the-brown-star-thats-really-red-or-possibly ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efVdZgTg04c