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Scientists are beginning to develop to the technology to observe other sun like distant from out solar system. They can even detect large Jupiter like plants orbiting some of these stars. Other stars appear to have no planets but astronomers can see the stars wobble a bit in space. What do you think this means?

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Kepler detected exoplanets using something called the transit method. When a planet passes in front of its star, it's called a transit. By studying the time between transits, astronomers can also find out how far away the planet is from its star. This tells us something about the planet's temperature.

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