Hack an Exoplanet: information session for educators
In brief
Announcement for all educators: your students can now become exoplanet detectives by analysing data from ESA’s Cheops satellite to profile two mysterious exoplanets.
In-depth
In early 2023 the Cheops satellite observed two exoplanets, KELT-3b and TOI-560c. By joining a Hack an Exoplanet hackathon, teams of secondary students will get to work like scientists to analyse real satellite data collected by Cheops and profile these mysterious alien worlds.
Join the information session
Date: 3 April 2023
Time: 16.30h - 17.30h CEST
Duration: 1 hour
Language: English
Target: Teachers and educators
Join from the meeting link: https://esait.webex.com/esait/j.php?MTID=m0daf6877a46cdf2af161ac8fc0321d4b
On 3 April 2023 at 16h30 CEST, ESA will organise an information session open to all teachers and educators interested in the hack an exoplanet activity. We will provide more information about the data, explain the challenges and the solutions and you will have the opportunity to ask questions to our ESA exoplanet scientists during the Q&A session.
Get inspired
Access the video
Find out more about the hack an exoplanet event in the video below featuring the exoplanet experts Didier Queloz, 2019 Nobel Laureate in Physics and Kate Isaak, ESA project scientist for the Cheops mission, and on the dedicated Hack an Exoplanet web platform.
Hack an Exoplanet is an educational activity developed by ESA Education in collaboration with the ESA Science directorate, with support from members of the Cheops Mission Consortium and the ESERO network.
Fast facts
Age range: 14+
Keywords: Exoplanets, Mathematics, Physics, Computing, Data analysis
Cheops: ESA’s Cheops (CHaracterising ExOPlanet Satellite) is a satellite that studies known exoplanets in-depth. Its mission is to observe known exoplanets and characterise them by looking at the dip of stellar light caused by the planets’ transit of their host stars.
To join this space detective challenge and hack an exoplanet visit our new platform: hackanexoplanet.esa.int.
If you have any questions, contact us at hackanexoplanet@esa.int