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Published:
Oct 11, 2017
Giant Exoplanet Hunters: Look for Debris Disks
There's no map showing all the billions of exoplanets hiding in our galaxy -- they're so distant and faint compared to their stars, it's hard to find them. Now, astronomers hunting for new worlds have established a possible signpost for giant exoplanets.