Open AccessNew Exoplanet Telescope Detects Its First Two Planets
Author(s) -
Kimberly Cartier
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2018eo106663
Subject(s) - exoplanet , astrobiology , planet , telescope , astronomy , planetary habitability , terrestrial planet , physics
The two possible planets, each larger than Earth and too hot to be habitable, are the first of hundreds of Earth-sized exoplanets expected to be discovered by a recently launched telescope.