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Interview With Planet Hunter, Geoff Marcy

Posted by timothy on from the seeking-the-planet-of-the-pencils dept.

mindpixel writes "I was told as a child we'd never 'see' atoms or planets of other stars. Now with atomic force microscopes we 'see' atoms and with almost any telescope and statistics we 'see' planets. In the amazing online journal - Astrobiology - Planet-finding scientist, Geoff Marcy, describes just how it feels to find a new world."

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  1. Nice Going by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Jesus ObviousGuy, you almost had an FP hat-trick, but I got the save and stopped you on the last one... Too damn close.