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In search of Earth analogues
Author(s) -
Cisewski Jessi
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
significance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1740-9713
pISSN - 1740-9705
DOI - 10.1111/j.1740-9713.2017.01017.x
Subject(s) - exoplanet , planet , astrobiology , earth (classical element) , stars , solar system , radial velocity , astronomy , computer science , physics
The radial velocity method of exoplanet detection has led to some fantastic discoveries of planets outside our solar system. But the hunt for true Earth analogues is hampered by noisy data from stars. Jessi Cisewski outlines the challenge, and how statisticians and statistically savvy astronomers are trying to help