Space

A New Way to Find Planets!

For the first time, astronomers have detected the light coming from an exoplanet. SciShow Space News explains how they did it, and why it was so difficult in the first place.

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Sources:
http://www.eso.org/public/archives/releases/sciencepapers/eso1517/eso1517a.pdf
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/04/150422084919.htm
http://astronomynow.com/2015/04/22/first-visible-light-spectrum-from-exoplanet-observed/
http://www.vox.com/2015/4/23/8480113/exoplanet-light

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