You’ve know that the Kepler Space Telescope has discovered HUNDREDS of new planets outside our solar system — but how does it find them? And how do scientists tell the real planets from the celestial fake-outs? It involves a lot of patient searching — and math!
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Sources:
http://ninazumel.com/2014/03/01/what-is-verification-by-multiplicity/ — With special thanks to data science specialist Nina B Zumel for reaching out to us with this analysis.
http://www.universetoday.com/109764/mega-discovery-715-alien-planets-confirmed-using-a-new-trick-on-old-kepler-data/
http://kepler.nasa.gov/Mission/QuickGuide/
http://kepler.nasa.gov/Mission/discoveries/fop/
http://iopscience.iop.org/0004-637X/750/2/112/article
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