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INFOGRAPHIC: A planet-hunter’s guide to the galaxy
How to find, characterize and understand planets from light years away
Sarah Lewin • February 26, 2014
As observational technologies develop, scientists are finding out that planets around other stars are shockingly common — whether Earthlike or much more bizarre. Learn the ins and outs of one of the fastest growing research fields in space science with this infographic.
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Sarah Lewin
Sarah Lewin enjoys explaining things. She recently graduated from Brown University with an A.B. in mathematics. Her achievements, aside from winning a Pokemon tournament in second grade, center generally around explaining math and science with WGBH’s NOVA, Johns Hopkins Hospital, and Boston Children’s Hospital’s Vector research blog as well as through assorted freelance work. Look her up at Sarah Explains.