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When astronomers first spotted 51 Pegasi b in 1995, they used a technique so sensitive it required decades of refinement. The transit method of planet detection works best for worlds that pass…
When astronomers first glimpsed a distant star’s imperceptible shimmy—a gravitational tug from an unseen world—they unlocked a method so precise it could weigh planets before ever seeing them. This is the power…
The first confirmed exoplanet orbiting a sun-like star wasn’t found by staring at distant worlds—it was detected by listening to a star’s whisper. In 1995, Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz measured the…
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