6,000 planets discovered — and we still can't read their atmospheres | with Jonathan Tennyson

We now know that almost every star in the galaxy hosts a planetary system — over 6,000 exoplanets have been confirmed so far, and counting. But knowing they exist is just the beginning. What are these worlds actually made of? Could any of them support life? This lecture was filmed on 27 February 2026. In this Royal Institution Discourse, Professor Jonathan Tennyson, Massey Professor of Physics at UCL and Fellow of the Royal Society, explores how

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