Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Aug 2010
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2010eostr..91..299s&link_type=abstract
Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union, Volume 91, Issue 34, p. 299-299
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Planetary Sciences: Solar System Objects: Extra-Solar Planets
Scientific paper
The search for nearby, habitable planets outside of our solar system is one of three priority science objectives identified by the U.S. decadal survey of astronomy and astrophysics for 2012-2021, released on 13 August. The other top objectives outlined in the U.S. National Research Council (NRC) report, New Worlds, New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophysics, are searching for the first stars, galaxies, and black holes, as well as advancing the understanding of the fundamental physics of the universe, including determining the properties of dark energy. “The search for exoplanets is one of the most exciting subjects in all of astronomy, and one of the most dynamic, with major new results emerging even as this report was being written,” the survey notes, adding that since the first exoplanets were found in the early 1990s, discovery techniques have improved and the number of planets discovered has increased to about 500 currently known.
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