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#116 – Sara Seager: Search for Planets and Life Outside Our Solar System

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Precision in Detecting Exoplanets

Ground-based detectors use small telescopes to find giant planets like Jupiter with about 1% precision. The technology used allows spreading light over multiple pixels to observe exoplanets, which appear as points of light or through their effect on the star. Computers have played a crucial role in detecting transiting planets, as such events are rare.

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