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Short Wave — How Do Astronomers Find Exoplanets? Wiggles!
Buzzing ratingBUZZING· 72%12m·2025-04-11·Science

How Do Astronomers Find Exoplanets? Wiggles!

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Dune. Star Wars. Alien. Science fiction movies love alien worlds, and so do we. But how do scientists find planets outside our solar system in real life? One way is by looking for the stars that wiggle. Historically, astronomers have measured those wiggles via the Doppler method, carefully analyzing how the star's…

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