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Originally posted by Nygdan
Wouldn't this permit seeing other smaller planets?
Originally posted by Nygdan
Wouldn't this permit seeing other smaller planets? Normally the ones that can be detected are the ones that are several times the mass of jupiter, and they're detected because of gravitational effects.
Originally posted by ShadowXIX
I remember seeing a concept for a deep space telescope array that they claimed in theory could see planets in other solar systems.
Originally posted by Umbrax
Point it at Zeti Reticuli
Originally posted by kenshiro2012
Is this the photo that you are refering to?
Originally posted by enhancedesign
Whompa, the planet-finding telescopes will be looking at stars in our local galactic neighborhood (within 100 light years). According to NASA there are approximately 14,000 stars within a 100 ly sphere of our solar system.
14 million ly away in Andromeda.