How Scientists Decet Extrasolar Planets
EXTRASOLAR PLANETS
For hundreds of years, scientists knew nothing of the world
outside our little planet earth. Now in the 21st century, science is
gathering more knowledge about the depths of the universe than
could have ever been imagined. Light years away, bodies outside of
our solar system are almost inconceivable, but new technology is
allowing us to not only detect these distant planets but also to take
pictures of them.
In the year 1993, a polish astronomer by the name of
Aleksander Wolszczan claimed to have discovered the first extrasolar
planet. His discovery was later confirmed, orbiting around a pulsar.
Planets around pulsars are believed to come from the remnants of
the supernova that produced the pulsar, or the cores of the gas
giants that survived the supernova. In the 1990's, more and more
planets were being discovered due to a vast improvement in
telescope technology, measuring gravitational influence upon stars
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