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The project, led by principal investigator George Ricker, a senior research
scientist at MKI, will use an array
of wide -
field cameras to perform an all - sky survey to discover transiting exoplanets,
ranging from Earth - sized planets to gas giants,
in orbit around the brightest stars
in the sun's neighborhood.
The project, led by principal investigator George Ricker, a senior research
scientist at the MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research (MKI) will use an array
of wide -
field cameras to perform an all - sky survey to discover transiting exoplanets,
ranging from Earth - sized planets to gas giants,
in orbit around the brightest stars
in the sun's neighborhood.
These tools enable life
scientists to analyse components
of living cells at the molecular level which is essential
in a
wide range of fields including drug discovery, diagnostics, and basic research.