Probing exoplanets from the ground: A little telescope goes a long way
Monday, February 8, 2010 - 23:21
in Astronomy & Space
NASA astronomers have successfully demonstrated that a David of a telescope can tackle Goliath-size questions in the quest to study Earth-like planets around other stars. Their work provides a new tool for ground-based observatories, promising to accelerate by years the search for prebiotic, or life-related, molecules on planets orbiting stars beyond our solar system.