How do you weigh a planet that hasn’t formed yet?

Amena Faruqi reveals how she uses cosmic dust rings to measure the mass of planets around distant stars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Strange signals from the galactic centre
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The Evening Star is back
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Exploring the radio Universe
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How do you weigh a planet that hasn’t formed yet?

Discovery beneath the surface of Mars

August 2026 solar eclipse and Perseid meteor shower

Mercury and Saturn return!

How to build a planet-hunting spacecraft

Summer stargazing

How spaceflight hammers the human body

May's 'blue Moon’ – what we'll really see

Strange signals from the galactic centre

The Evening Star is back

Exploring the radio Universe

How do you weigh a planet that hasn’t formed yet?

Discovery beneath the surface of Mars

August 2026 solar eclipse and Perseid meteor shower

Mercury and Saturn return!

How to build a planet-hunting spacecraft

Summer stargazing

How spaceflight hammers the human body

May's 'blue Moon’ – what we'll really see

Strange signals from the galactic centre

The Evening Star is back

Exploring the radio Universe