Tuesday, May 14, 2013

ScienceDaily: Extrasolar Planets News

ScienceDaily: Extrasolar Planets News


New method of finding planets scores its first discovery

Posted: 13 May 2013 12:28 PM PDT

Detecting alien worlds presents a significant challenge since they are small, faint, and close to their stars. The two most prolific techniques for finding exoplanets are radial velocity (looking for wobbling stars) and transits (looking for dimming stars). Astronomers have just discovered an exoplanet using a new method that relies on Einstein's special theory of relativity.

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