Help us profile the mysterious KELT-3b and TOI–560c exoplanets by analysing data from Cheops, a real ESA scientific satellite.
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Help us profile the mysterious KELT-3b and TOI–560c exoplanets by analysing data from Cheops, a real ESA scientific satellite.
We have a case on our hands, of two mysterious exoplanets, and we need your help to profile them. Find out how you can use real satellite data to investigate an alien planet and become an exoplanet detective in the first ever ESA Education hackathon for secondary students.
Join us for this exciting new event featuring experts Didier Queloz, the 2019 Nobel Laureate in Physics, and Kate Isaak, ESA project scientist for the Cheops mission.
Learn more about exoplanets. Complete the quiz to get your Exoplanets Detective certificate!
Are you a teacher? Access educational supporting materials, including videos with experts, classroom resources and more information about the hackathon events.
Explore the KELT-3b and TOI-560c exoplanet case files.
DEADLINE EXTENDED! Vote for your favourite exoplanet until 15 March 2023.
Learn more about how to get involved in local (in-person) and virtual events or organise your own hack an exoplanet activity.
Are you a teacher or educator? Create a login account to access the hackathon materials and participate in the information session on 3 April 2023.
Physical and virtual hackathons organised by National Coordinators and schools will take place throughout the month of April and May.
Also ESA is organising a virtual Hack an Exoplanet hackathon on 18 April 2023, open to everyone to join.
After the hackathon submit your team's hack an exoplanet project for a chance to win the Best Project Prize. The deadline for submissions is 14 June 2023.
The winning teams will receive ESA goodies, as well as the opportunity to participate in a webinar with Physics Nobel Laureate Didier Queloz, on 17 July 2023.
All teachers and educators are welcome to organise or join an Hack an Exoplanet activity with your teams of students. Find out below how you can join or host an event. Stay tuned for new events that will be added to the list throughout the year!
If you are from Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Greece, Norway, Portugal, Spain and Sweden you can find out more about activities in your country, by contacting your national contact points.
We have two mysterious exoplanets, and we need your help to profile them. In preparation for your hackathon, click on the case files to discover what we already know about our two targets: the puffy gas giant KELT-3b and the almost-tropical mini Neptune TOI-560c.
Once you’ve investigated the planets, vote for your favourite exoplanet!
Are you a teacher or educator? If you are not sure how to start, visit our resources section to find tailored classroom resources and other educational supporting materials for guidance.
Stay tuned! Throughout the year we will be releasing new materials with space experts and answering questions about exoplanets through the ask a scientist section.
Dust off your trench coat, put on your thinking hat and grab your magnifying glass. It’s time to join physical or online hackathon events and uncover the mysteries of our two exoplanets!
Using real data from ESA’s Cheops satellite, students will get a glimpse into the life of an exoplanet scientist, learning how to detect and characterise far away planets in an out-of-this-world detective story.
Find out more about how to join events in your area or host a hackathon. ESA’s hosted virtual hackathon will take place on 18 April 2023.
April May 2023
July 2023
After the hackathon, submit your project for a chance to win the Best Project Prize. The winning teams will receive ESA goodies and participate in a webinar with 2019 Nobel Prize winner Didier Queloz and ask him questions live! The webinar will take place on 17 July 2023, at 14h CEST.
Didier is a professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Cambridge and ETH Zurich. He is one of the originators of the “exoplanet revolution” in astrophysics. In 1995, as part of his PhD, he and his supervisor announced the first discovery of a giant planet orbiting another sun-like star outside the Solar System.
