17 April 2019
Proxima Centauri may host a second exoplanet, but its first might not be there
.... This makes searching for an exoplanet via the transit method very difficult to say the least. Could the ...and away from Earth Feliz on the other hand used the transit method. This technique detects distant planets by measuring the minute dimming ...
11 May 2016
Kepler scientists announce a major increase in confirmed exoplanet numbers
... a year looking for the tell-tale sign of a would be exoplanet. The technique Kepler uses is known as the transit method and it works by measuring the dip in star light as a planet passes in front of its parent star. Kepler is sensitive...
11 September 2017
Are we being watched from afar?
... for life elsewhere. One of the approaches researchers use to spot exoplanets from Earth is a technique called the Transit Method; this basically relates to how a star’s light will dim by a measurable amount when a planet passes directly between...
16 December 2019
Cheops, ESA's exoplanet watching telescope launches tomorrow
... minuscule brightness changes as the alien world passes in front of their host star; a technique known as the Transit method - a highly successful method that has helped discover nearly 3000 of the 4143+ exoplanets found so far. Cheops will be able...
19 June 2019
Two new Earth-like planets found around nearby star
... (Teegardians?) would be able to see planets in our Solar System pass in front of the Sun using the Transit method; a method that detects the minute dimming of a star as a planet passes in front of it and a technique commonly used by us Earthlings...
23 April 2018
CubeSats lead the way for new NASA missions
... we demonstrated cutting-edge performance for a system this size." A key requirement for studying exoplanets via the transit method, is the ability to precisely measure the star’s light. This requires a certain amount of time and a way to keep...
