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EPISODE · Aug 28, 2023 · 4 MIN

How Starshades Can Help Us Find New Worlds

from Exoplanet Radio · host Tony Darnell

Most of the 5000 exoplanets discovered so far have been found using methods that don’t actually see the planet at all. Brightness dimmings and star wobbles only get us so far. They limit our ability to study them in detail and astronomers are working on gigantic starshades to resolve planets directly Show Notes Available at https://exoplanetradio.com/science/starshades-find-exoplanets/.

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Most of the 5000 exoplanets discovered so far have been found using methods that don’t actually see the planet at all. Brightness dimmings and star wobbles only get us so far. They limit our ability to study them in detail and astronomers are...

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