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PowerPoint Presentation Exoplanets Saturday Physics for Everyone Jon Thaler October 27, 2012 Credit: NASA/Kepler Mission/Dana Berry Outline What is an exoplanet? Why are…

Astronomers have found a planet the size of Earth just outside of our Solar System, orbiting around our nearest star! For a long time astronomers have talked about the possibility…