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Could Elon Musk’s megalomania hinder exoplanet research?
ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and JOEL HELLEWELL ask whether cluttering the skies with satellites is a good idea
An artist’s impression of transiting exoplanet Corot-9b which is the first “normal” exoplanet that can be studied in great detail. It is the size of Jupiter and an orbit similar to that of Mercury. It orbits a star similar to the Sun 1,500 light-years away from Earth towards the constellation of Serpens (the Snake)
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EXOPLANET research seeks to identify and characterise alien planets orbiting other stars.
Since the first exoplanet was confirmed in 1992, thousands of others have been found.
One focus for this research is the characterisation of their atmospheres. Our own atmosphere, the gas layer in which we live, is so intimately linked to the existence of life on Earth that understanding the atmospheres of exoplanets provides crucial evidence to identify other Earth-like planets.
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