Get the latest Science News and Discoveries

That's No Planet. Detecting Transiting Megastructures


One of the easiest ways to find exoplanets is using the transit method. It relies upon monitoring the brightness of a star which will then dim as a planet passes in front of it.

None

Get the Android app

Or read this on Universe Today

Read more on:

Photo of Planet

Planet

Related news:

News photo

Could We Detect an Alien Civilization Trying to Warm Their Planet?

News photo

New Study Proposes how a Black Hole in Orbit Around a Planet Could be a Sign of an Advanced Civilization.

News photo

ALMA Detects Hallmark “Wiggle” of Gravitational Instability in Planet-Forming Disk