When a Planet Is Not Really a Planet at All
by Claire Cameron
Jul 10, 2013
3 minutes
s astronomers point their telescopes up at the sky to learn about the cosmos, they tend to push those devices’ abilities to their limits. The edge of what we can measure is, of course, where all the interesting things are happening. The downside of this ambition is that the conclusions drawn from the newest data are often a bit skewed. This may be most apparent in the hunt for exoplanets. It is, according to Geneva University’s Alexandre Santerne, like a “crime investigation,
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