Astronomers Detect Planets Orbiting Another Star
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- Series: Great Events: 1900-2001
- Categories: Science
- Subcategories: Astronomy, Astronomers, Cosmology
- Curriculum: American History 1951-present, Latin American History
- Geographical Location: West Indies, Puerto Rico
- Date: 1992
Article abstract: Two American astronomers discovered the first planets to be found outside the solar system.
The Search for Distant Planets
For centuries, scientists and philosophers have attempted to determine whether life exists on other planets. Humans have explored as many of the other planets in the solar system as technology has allowed, and they continue to do so by any means available. Until the 1990’s, however, the existence of planets outside the solar system seemed too remote to contemplate.
In 1991, however, the possibility of...
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