Apr 22, 2026 | Asteroid, Big Ideia 5, Black Hole, Comet, Exoplanet, FTP-Europlanet, Galaxy, Resource, Star, Supernovae
☄️ A2.2 Toolkit: Faulkes and LCO Robotic Telescope Handbook This manual provides instructions for students on operating the Faulkes and LCO Robotic telescopes, offering step-by-step guidance for efficient utilization and exploration of celestial objects for...
Feb 5, 2026 | Big Ideia 10, Exoplanet, FHOU, Resource, Star
In this activity you will learn how to reveal the presence of a planet orbiting a star other than the Sun using the “transit method”. You will use an open source software to observe a time series of images of the sky taken by the Spitzer Space Infrared Telescope, and...
Feb 5, 2026 | Exoplanet, NUCLIO, Resource
Discover an exoplanet : the transit method Unveil an extrasolar planet by observing the light intensity emitted by its mother star. An extrasolar planet, or exoplanet, is a planet outside the Solar System. Until March 2012, astronomers have made detections of 762...
Feb 5, 2026 | Big Ideia 10, Big Ideia 4, Big Ideia 6, Exoplanet, FHOU, Resource, Star
Students analyze spectral data of a star over time and measure the shift of absorption lines to determine its radial velocity. They model the periodic variation of this velocity as the effect of an orbiting companion using a sinusoidal function. From this model, they...
Feb 5, 2026 | Big Ideia 10, Exoplanet, OAE, Resource
This activity introduces students to exoplanet detection using the transit method. Through hands-on activities, students will simulate an exoplanet transit using basic materials, measuring changes in light intensity as the “exoplanet” passes in front of the “star.”...
Feb 5, 2026 | Big Ideia 10, Exoplanet, OAE, Resource
In this activity you will learn how to reveal the presence of a planet orbiting a star other than the Sun using the “transit method”. You will use an open source software to observe a time series of images of the sky taken by the Spitzer Space Infrared Telescope, and...
