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In 1999, my team discovered that the star Upsilon Andromedae was circled by three gas-giant planets – the first distant multiplanet system ever found. That same year, other researchers observed the first ‘transit’ of an exoplanet – a planet blocking out a small fraction of the starlight as it passes in front of the star.

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It’s an extension of what I do also as part of making my living – I go into schools and work with kids on writing, and I do assembly programs often. Each one is different because each school has different requirements.

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The first exoplanet to be found around a sun-like star was discovered in 1995, just two years before I began studying exoplanet detection.

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April 25, 2024

The first exoplanet to be found around a sun-like star was discovered in 1995, just two years before I began studying exoplanet detection.

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April 25, 2024

It’s an extension of what I do also as part of making my living – I go into schools and work with kids on writing, and I do assembly programs often. Each one is different because each school has different requirements.

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