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