European space telescope to search for exoplanets of other stars

By Cosmic Tribune on November 13, 2010   Earthly, Impacting, Out There, Planets, Stars  

On 27 December, COROT is to be launched into space on a unique astronomy mission: its twin goals are to detect exoplanets orbiting around other stars and to probe the mysteries of stellar interiors as never before. . . . While CNES is completing preparations for the launch from Baikonur/Kazakhstan, ESA and a large number […]