... Astronomers have used a new technique to see the faint light from a planet that is orbiting a distant star. ... Instead, astronomers found them by looking for telltale clues, such as how the light from a star dims when an exo-planet passes in front of it, or how it wobbles because of the pull of an exo-planet s gravity. Astronomers can learn a lot about exo-planets that move in front of their stars. This is because the starlight passes through the exo-planet s atmosphere on its way to Earth. ...
Transactions IAU, Volume XXVIIA Reports on Astronomy 2006-2009 Karel A. van der Hucht, ed. c 2009 International Astronomical Union DOI: 00.0000/X000000000000000X DIVISON XI I/COMMISSION 5 / WORKING GROUP LIBRARIES CHAIR CO-CHAIR MEMBERS Uta Grothkopf, ESO Fionn Murtagh, Univ. ... Librarians are taking on new and diversified roles. ... Uta Grothkopf, Fionn Murtagh chairs of Working Group References Grothkopf, U. & Erdmann, C. 2008, IAU Inf Bul l no. 102, in press Mahoney, T.J. 2007, Obs 127, 401 ...
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