Planets of Other Stars: Our Various Neighbours

Today we know of about 3500 exoplanets — the planets in star systems other than our Solar system.

When was the first exoplanet discovered? What are they look like, how do they form? What are super-Earths and super-Neptunes? What kind of star systems and planets exist, how can we find them, and what are the results of Russian scientists in this field of studies? In this video, scientists from IKI, Sternberg Astronomy Institute of the Moscow State University and the Institute of Astronomy talk about this new and extremely fascinating branch of space research.

In Russian.