Last week was the Northern Ireland Science Festival, which aims to promote all kinds of science happening both at home and abroad. As Planet Hunters NGTS is primarily run by researchers from Queen’s University Belfast, we decided, together with our colleagues from the Astrophysics Research Centre, to create some videos to get people interested in astronomy, and teach them some real science in the process.
We’re always looking for ways to promote Planet Hunters NGTS and get more people involved in the search for exoplanets, and we thought this would be the perfect opportunity to promote the project. And what better way to do that than to film a fast-talking, used-car-salesman-esque infomercial with some wacky special effects? You can watch the one-minute clip on YouTube here.
But that’s not all: Planet Hunters NGTS also sponsored the fictional Astro News Bulletin. The science is real and the bad jokes are sadly true, but these news anchors are not to be found on mainstream channels.
There are eight other great videos from members of the Center for Astrophysics Research. Follow the playlist link here to check them out. From cruising exoplanets to roasting comets, see what we astronomers get up to all day.