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There are four major ways in which researchers are hunting for planets. Technically, these are called astrometry, spectroscopy, interferometry, and photometry. For descriptive purposes, however, I refer to them respectively as the wobble method, the speed-trap technique, the zebra-stripe procedure, and the shadow approach.

Paul Halpern

Stars are not shy. They make their presence known for trillions of miles around them by the generous stream of radiation that they cast off each second into space.

Paul Halpern

Paul Halpern

Paul Halpern

Born: January 15, 1961 (age 63)

Bio: Paul Halpern is an American Professor of Physics, and Fellow in the Humanities at the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia.

Known for:

What's science ever done for us? (2007)
The cyclical serpent (1995)
Brave New Universe (2006)

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