Monday, October 20, 2014

How Do Astronomers Find Exoplanets?

October 20, 2014


NASA's Kepler spacecraft has discovered nearly 3,000 possible exoplanets by tracking slight fluctuations in starlight to reveal their orbits. This is one of several methods employed in the hunt for the next habitable world. John Matson explains.


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