{"id":24599,"date":"2018-04-26T11:01:48","date_gmt":"2018-04-26T15:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/college.unc.edu\/?p=24599"},"modified":"2024-07-02T16:54:57","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T16:54:57","slug":"evryscope-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/collegearchive.unc.edu\/?p=24599","title":{"rendered":"Well Said: Proxima b and the Evryscope"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AIn this week\u2019s “Well Said” podcast,<\/a> assistant professor Nicholas Law from the physics and astronomy department discusses the Evryscope, how it is used to monitor 50 million stars and what they\u2019ve found so far.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Are there other Earth-like worlds in the universe at the right size and with the right atmosphere to support life? That\u2019s what astronomers are trying to figure out right now.<\/p>\n

One candidate for such a planet is Proxima b, an exoplanet that orbits the closest star to our sun. Carolina researchers recently conducted a study using a first-of-its-kind telescope that sheds new light and poses new questions about whether or not that planet could support life.<\/p>\n

In this week\u2019s episode, assistant professor Nicholas Law from the physics and astronomy department in the College of Arts & Sciences discusses the Evryscope, how he and his team use it to monitor 50 million stars and what they\u2019ve found so far.<\/p>\n

Read a transcript of this episode.<\/a><\/p>\n

Join us every other Wednesday for the University\u2019s podcast as we talk with Carolina\u2019s newsmakers and experts. Each episode, students, faculty, staff and alumni will discuss what\u2019s going on in classrooms, labs and around campus, and how it pertains to the local, national and international headlines.<\/em><\/p>\n