exoplanet
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- noun
- /ˈɛksoʊˌplænɪt/
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exoplaneta
- Kepler has found Earth-sized exoplanets (illustration of Kepler-20e, above) and planets with Earth-like orbits.
- exoplanets found
And of course assessing whether life could exist on that exoplanet or not.
- And of course assessing whether life could exist on that exoplanet or not.
- When was the first exoplanet discovered?
- A new planet had just been discovered around another star, an exoplanet.
- I mean, this is by far the most detailed spectrum we've ever gotten of an exoplanet.
- Possibly Earth like exoplanets that we know of.
- I know we've exoplanets has risen, you know, and we're taking over.
- I think that NASA's put together eyes on exoplanets, eyes on exoplanets.
- And so we've been trained in exoplanets from the very beginning.
- So now that this exoplanet has been confirmed to exist, I can't sight.
- Do you think you've you've spoken about exoplanets as well?
Examples
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All the exoplanets discovered thus far by the radial-velocity method are within 100 light-years of us.
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Now the catalog of known exoplanets has suddenly become more diverse.
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When was the first exoplanet discovered?
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So I just think that, yeah, I think we're going to blow the doors open on exoplanet research, and it's going to be awesome.
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Today we'll talk about the possibly first evidence for life on an exoplanet, with some caveats.
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One of the first exoplanets ever discovered could actually be made of diamond.
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Kepler-22b, shown in the illustration above, is a recently confirmed exoplanet with an Earth-like orbit.
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Three teams of planet searchers recently announced the discovery of three exoplanets with masses on the order of Neptune's.
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Astronomers have discovered thousands of exoplanets orbiting distant stars in recent years.
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The study of exoplanets helps us understand the potential for life beyond our solar system.
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Etymology
Exoplanet is made from exo- meaning 'outside' and planet, the familiar word for a world that goes around a star. So an exoplanet is simply a planet that is 'outside' our solar system.