Sentences with phrase «properties around other stars»
What's so exciting about those spectra is the fact that we can actually measure atmospheric properties around other stars.»
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The scope's light - collecting capacity — made possible with almost 800 mirror segments just 50 millimeters thick — will allowastronomers to detect Earth - like planets around other stars, measure the properties of the universe's first stars and galaxies, and probe the nature of dark matter and dark energy.
As the Academies notes in their recent decadal survey,» [t] he search for exoplanets is one of the most exciting subjects in all of astronomy...» The report went on to recommend «a program to explore the diversity and properties of planetary systems around other stars, and to prepare for the long - term goal of discovering and investigating nearby, habitable planets.»
Winn, who is also a Participating Scientist in the NASA Kepler mission, is interested in the properties of planets around other stars, how planets form and evolve, and whether there are planets beyond Earth capable of supporting life.
Keck Observatory is a leader in the study of planets around other stars, both discovering them with precise Doppler measurements and measuring their properties with high resolution spectroscopy and adaptive optics imaging.