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How Far Can We See? The Limits of Planet Hunting
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exoplanets
Planetary science
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scientific-research
astronomy
telescopes
Planet Hunting
Summary
The blog post discusses the physical limitations of detecting planets next to bright stars, highlighting that current telescopes have not yet reached these limits and presenting new research on how close we could still identify Earth-like planets.
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