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Astronomers using a Maunakea observatory on Thursday published a “catalog” of more than 100 exoplanets. “Surveys like this are really a labor of love,” said John O’Meara, deputy director ...
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HILO, Hawai‘i — Astronomers using a Maunakea observatory on Thursday published a “catalog” of more than 100 exoplanets.
You need a whole bunch of ingredients, all together in the same ... zone all the way out to the galactic outskirts." Astronomers haven't really considered the galactic outskirts in the search ...