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Posted on 05/15/2009 7:24:25 AM PDT by mnehring
ScienceDaily (May 12, 2009) — Thanks to the ability of astronomers to detect the presence of extrasolar planets orbiting distant stars, scientists today are able to examine hundreds of solar systems. Now researchers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge, Mass. have created an "astro-comb" to help astronomers detect lighter planets, more like Earth, around distant stars.
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Extremely interesting, thanks. Did you happen to read about the successful launch yesterday and the upcoming mission of the Herschel and Planck Space Observatories? Both of them, alone or combined, equal Hubble in potential discoveries.
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