Before Kepler launched in 2009,
most planet hunters doggedly revealed new exoplanets (planets orbiting other stars) one by one, like anglers pulling individual fish from the sea.
But
most planet hunters are unimpressed.
Most planet hunters watch for wobbles in the light from stars, which arise from the back - and - forth gravitational tugs of unseen companions.
Most planet hunters now pin their immediate hopes for discovering Earth - like planets on NASA's upcoming Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, or TESS, which is slated to launch in 2017.
Not exact matches
In June,
planet hunters and theorists met on the Greek island of Santorini to mull over the
most bizarre solar systems they've found to date.
«The
most significant thing that changed the face of the
planet is conversion from
hunter - gatherer to farmer,» she says.
The new discovery, Kepler - 452b, fires the
planet hunter's imagination because it is the
most similar to the Earth - sun system found yet: a
planet at the right temperature within the habitable zone, and only about one - and - a-half times the diameter of Earth, circling a star very much like our own sun.
Deathgarden revolves around a spectacular real blood sport that is the
most popular entertainment on the
planet, where powerful
Hunters prey on agile Runners.