Advent of sensitive detectors enabled detection of exoplanets via the transit method
Transit method is by far the most important technique for detecting exoplanets orbiting other stars given the preponderance of exoplanets identified by the technique. In brief, transit detection operates by observing the small dip in starlight when the exoplanet moves in front of the host star from our point of view. Given the intensity of … More Advent of sensitive detectors enabled detection of exoplanets via the transit method