New Telescopes to Study Earth-like Planets Around Red Dwarf Stars
More space news and info at: – a new national facility at ESO’s La Silla Observatory has successfully made its first observations. The ExTrA telescopes will search for and study Earth-sized planets orbiting nearby red dwarf stars.
ExTrA’s novel design allows for much improved sensitivity compared to previous searches. Astronomers now have a powerful new tool to help in the search for potentially habitable worlds.
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Footage and photos: ESO, L. Calçada, spaceengine (spaceengine.org), M. Kornmesser, P. Horálek, N. Risinger (skysurvey.org), I. Crossfield
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