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    • Diagram showing how exoplanets affect a star’s light curve.
    Rights: NASA Ames Published 15 March 2019 Size: 58 KB Referencing Hub media

    Exoplanets are planets orbiting stars other than our Sun. As they transit the star (move between the star and the telescope), they cause a dip in the intensity (brightness) of the light seen emitted from the star.

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      Planet Hunters

      Search data from NASA’s Kepler spacecraft for the dips in star light intensity caused by exoplanets – planets that orbit stars other than the Sun. As these exoplanets pass between the star and ...

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