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Discovering Excellence | Astrophysics Astrophysics Professor Coel Hellier Wide Angled Search for Planets “Are there planets around other stars?” is a question that humans have pondered ever since it was realised that the stars littering our night sky are simply other suns seen at a great distance How does one find extrasolar planets, given that they are very distant and very dim and lost in the glare of their host star? The best planet-hunting method is to look for planetary