SETI public: Fw: ESA to test the smartest technique for detecting extrasolar planets from the

From: LARRY KLAES (ljk4@msn.com)
Date: Tue Mar 26 2002 - 09:59:15 PST

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Subject: ESA to test the smartest technique for detecting extrasolar planets from the ground

To see a dim planet around a bright star is like looking for
a candle flame next to a searchlight. To solve this problem,
scientists have developed the concept of nulling interferometry,
one of the smartest methods to date in the search for extrasolar
planets. The European Space Agency (ESA) and the European
Southern Observatory (ESO) are pooling their expertise to build
a new instrument to test this innovative technique from the
ground before ESA applies it in space.

Read more about this at:

http://sci.esa.int/content/news/index.cfm?aid=1&cid=1&oid=29705

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