#  Laser precision added to search for new Earths 

 





April 02, 2008

 

 

Harvard scientists have unveiled a new laser-measuring device that they say will provide a critical advance in the resolution of current planet-finding techniques, making the discovery of Earth-sized planets possible.

The discovery of planets outside of our solar system, called “exoplanets,” is one of the hottest fields in astronomy and holds great promise to increase our understanding of Earth’s solar system and of how life first took hold on this planet.

Read the [*Harvard Gazette*](http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2008/04/laser-precision-added-to-search-for-new-earths/) article.



 

 

 



 

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