![]() Hence why the Subaru Coronagraphic Extreme Adaptive Optics (SCExAO) instrument was commissioned at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) in Mauna Kea, Hawaii. ![]() The next step, quite logically, is to observe these planets directly. And one terrestrial planet ( Proxima b) has even been found lurking in the closest star system to Earth – Proxima Centauri. Using a variety of indirect detection methods, astronomers have detected countless gas giants, super Earths, and other assorted bodies orbiting distant stars. Thanks to the deployment of the Kepler mission, thousands of extrasolar planet candidates have been discovered. ![]()
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