Sometime in 2026, we will discover our 10000th exoplanet, a world around a distant star. This population of worlds has proved remarkably diverse, but hasn’t produced any world like our own. We ask whether this is a coincidence, or whether it could be that our own world is special – and how we might investigate other worlds like our own when we do find them.

https://www.gresham.ac.uk/sites/default/files/transcript/R_2026_02_03_0936_Lintott_T.pdf

https://www.buzzsprout.com/1904814/episodes/18656575-alien-earths-what-makes-us-special-professor-chris-lintott.mp3?client_source=small_player&download=true

Part of:

The State of Our Universe

This event was on Wed, 04 Feb 2026

Astronomy
Science
Discovery

Professor Chris Lintott

https://www.gresham.ac.uk/speakers/professor-chris-lintott

https://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/our-people/lintott

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Lintott

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/4jgzzH6CBH7b5K0qblb73nZ/professor-chris-lintott