Earth-Based Exoplanet Scope Sweeps The Skies | Video

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12 telescopes of the Next-Generation Transit Survey (NGTS) at the European Southern Observatory at Paranal, Chile have begun to measure stellar brightness over time to spot of Neptune-sized and smaller planets in orbit around far away stars.

Credit: ESO

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