How to find a planet
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Siemens Short Stories
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On a clear night, when staring up at the night sky, it’s hard to picture the scope behind the shining dots above you. It’s hard to fathom that these lights hold the key to understanding the history of our very beings and that each dot tells its own story of time as well as, well, space.But what if we could? What if a picture could paint a thousand worlds?
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How to find a planet
On a clear night, when staring up at the night sky, it’s hard to picture the scope behind the shining dots above you. It’s hard to fathom that these lights hold the key to understanding the history of our very beings and that each dot tells its own story of time as well as, well, space.But what if we could? What if a picture could paint a thousand worlds?