Tiny dips in a star's brightness can indicate a planet is passing in front of the star. (sciencedaily.com)
Despite this leap, the game still maintains a solid 60 fps aside from a few tiny dips when tutorial videos pop up in the corner of the screen. (nintendowire.com)
The spacecraft did so by staring at roughly 150,000 stars in a celestial patch representing 1 / 400th of the sky, waiting for tiny dips in starlight that would signal a planet was passing by, blocking a little bit of light. (latimes.com)