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Planet hunters

A team of UC astronomers have eyes on the universe – 24/7 (weather permitting!). With the help of international researchers and three identical telescopes in Chile, Australia and South Africa, the team is helping answer some of the great unknowns about the planets in our galaxy. For example, how many planets are there around different stars? Do all stars have planets? What type of planets are they? Where are they found in relation to their parent stars? Using a technique called microlensing, the researchers are able to detect planets orbiting stars near the centre of the galaxy – thousands of light-years away. http://www.phys.canterbury.ac.nz/