Direct gaze.

• Autores: George Musser
• Localización: Scientific American, ISSN 0036-8733, Vol. 295, Nº. 3, 2006, págs. 36-36
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This article reports on a new search for planets outside our solar system led by Michael Liu of the University of Hawaii, combining a new coronagraph (which masks out the host star), a high-sensitivity adaptive optics systems (which de-twinkles the light), and a spectral subtraction technique that wrings out stellar glare by focusing on emission from methane. The new search would show much more detail, including atmospheric composition and perhaps signs of life.