[UC Irvine] A team led by astronomers at the University of California, Irvine reports the discovery of a new Earth-like exoplanet orbiting a star about 25 light-years from our solar […]
Kitt Peak National Observatory
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High-precision NEID Spectrograph Helps Confirm First Gaia Astrometric Planet Discovery
NEID (rhymes with fluid) is a high-precision radial-velocity spectrograph that is designed to measure the extremely minute wobble of nearby stars using the radial velocity effect. This effect results from […]
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NEID Earth Twin Survey Delivers On Its Goal to Push the Limits of Exoplanet Discovery
For four years the NEID (rhymes with fluid) spectrograph, mounted on the WIYN 3.5-meter Telescope at U.S. National Science Foundation Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO), a Program of NSF NOIRLab, […]
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Star Trek’s “Vulcan” aka HD 26965 b – Thought To Orbit 40 Eridani A – Is Not A Planet After All
A planet thought to orbit the star 40 Eridani A – host to Mr. Spock’s fictional home planet, Vulcan, in the “Star Trek” universe – is really a kind of […]