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ODAA7 | Communicating and teaching exoplanets

ODAA7

Communicating and teaching exoplanets
Convener: Thibaut Roger | Co-convener: Daniela de Paulis
In just 30 years, exoplanets have gone from lingering in the realm of imagination to being a key component of planetary sciences. In the same span of time, public awareness and educational content about the topic have vastly increased. Exoplanets catch attention equally from diverse audiences: including the general public, children and teenagers, adults, students, stakeholders and policymakers. This makes exoplanets to not only a valuable tool to convey educational values and scientific messages, but also for science advocacy and science diplomacy.

This session will focus on contributions presenting novel initiatives, of all shapes or forms, featuring exoplanets: be they events, experiments and science demonstrations, new or old technologies, educational programmes or resources, and more. We will likewise celebrate high-impact initiatives of the last 30 years, digging into the history of exoplanets science communication to share best practice with a new generation of scientists and science communicators. Contributions might also tackle the communication challenges facing this field of planetary sciences, such as misconceptions and misinformation.

Lastly, this session also particularly welcome contributions about outreach and educational initiatives celebrating this year' 30th anniversary of the discovery of 51Pegasi b, the first exoplanet detected orbiting a solar-type star.