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Extrasolar planets : - From gaseous giant planets to rocky planets. - Steps towards the detection of life biomarkers.

Michel Mayor · CERN

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Discoveries done during the last two decades have revealed the impressive diversity of extrasolar planetary systems. A diversity challenging our understanding of mechanisms of formation and evolution.

Today, great efforts are made to detect Earth-mass rocky planets in the so-called habitable zone of their host stars. What are the difficulties, the instrumental projects and the already detected interesting systems ? .

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  1. Extrasolar planets : - From gaseous giant planets to rocky planets. - Steps towards the detection of life biomarkers. 2017-05-18 · 1 h 28 min · CERN's player

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CERN
Department
CERN Colloquium
Speaker
Michel Mayor
Year
2017
Language
English
Source
CERN
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