Astrophysics Data Analysis Course
This course teaches astrophysics data analysis skills, including accessing public archives, cleaning and detrending light curves, detecting and modeling exoplanet transits, estimating planetary radii, and interpreting stellar activity using professional tools and methods for physics experts.

4 to 360h flexible workload
certificate valid in your country
What will I learn?
Gain practical skills in astrophysics data analysis to detect and characterize exoplanet transits with real space data. Master accessing archives, downloading and cleaning light curves, managing time systems, detrending flux, performing BLS searches, extracting parameters, modeling for radii, retrieving stellar data, and producing documented, reproducible results with solid scientific justification.
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Develop skills
- Exoplanet transit detection using BLS and phase-folding on real light curves.
- High-precision light-curve cleaning: detrend, de-noise, and normalize space data.
- Planet radius estimation by fitting transit models and error propagation.
- Archive mining: access Kepler/TESS data and catalogs via MAST and APIs.
- Reproducible workflows: document data, code, and uncertainties clearly.
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