{"id":648,"date":"2025-02-10T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-09T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/exohost\/?p=648"},"modified":"2025-11-21T14:12:26","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T12:12:26","slug":"laurits-leedjarv-discusses-exoplanet-research-and-ariel-mission-on-kuku-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/exohost\/laurits-leedjarv-discusses-exoplanet-research-and-ariel-mission-on-kuku-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"Laurits Leedj\u00e4rv Discusses Exoplanet Research and ARIEL Mission on Kuku Radio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(<a href=\"https:\/\/kuku.pleier.ee\/podcast\/kuue-samba-taga\/190641\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/kuku.pleier.ee\/podcast\/kuue-samba-taga\/190641\">External link<\/a>) \/ 10.02.2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On 10.02.2025, EXOHOST team member Laurits Leedj\u00e4rv appeared on Kuku Radio\u2019s programme \u201cKuue samba taga\u201d to talk about recent developments in the study of exoplanets and Estonia\u2019s role in the European Space Agency\u2019s (ESA) ARIEL mission, scheduled for launch in 2029.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the broadcast, Leedj\u00e4rv explained how scientists study planets beyond our solar system and highlighted the contributions of Tartu Observatory researchers to the ARIEL mission, which will observe the atmospheres of exoplanets to better understand their composition, formation, and evolution. He also discussed the broader significance of exoplanet research for astronomy and space science, as well as the technical challenges of preparing a space telescope for launch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Leedj\u00e4rv\u2019s interview showcased Estonia\u2019s active participation in international space projects and the expertise of Tartu Observatory scientists in cutting-edge astrophysical research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Listen to what Laurits Leedj\u00e4rv talked about here (in Estonian) \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/kuku.pleier.ee\/podcast\/kuue-samba-taga\/190641\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/kuku.pleier.ee\/podcast\/kuue-samba-taga\/190641\">Radio broadcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(External link) \/ 10.02.2025 On 10.02.2025, EXOHOST team member Laurits Leedj\u00e4rv appeared on Kuku Radio\u2019s programme \u201cKuue samba taga\u201d to talk about recent developments in the study of exoplanets and Estonia\u2019s role in the European Space Agency\u2019s (ESA) ARIEL mission, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":864,"featured_media":649,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/exohost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/exohost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/exohost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/exohost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/864"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/exohost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=648"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/exohost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":650,"href":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/exohost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648\/revisions\/650"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/exohost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/exohost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/exohost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/exohost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}