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Detecting Planets in Other Solar Systems… “Direct Imaging”…? (Possible but Very Difficult!)

Q: How to detect dim “Extrasolar Planets” (“Exoplanets”)? A: Use Newton’s Third Law! (“Action-Reaction”… i.e., “Force-Counterforce”)

“Doppler Shifts”…for Sound

“Doppler Shifts”…for Light

Other Exoplanet Detection Methods (e.g., the Transit Method)

The Extrasolar Planets Encyclopedia: http://exoplanet.eu/

The “Habitable Planets Catalog”: http://phl.upr.edu/projects/habitable-exoplanets-catalog

Detecting the “Molecules of Life” in Exoplanet Atmospheres…!