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Extra-solar planets: from science-fiction to reality

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Oxford Physics Short Talks and Introductions
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Since the discovery of the first extra-solar planet in the '90s, our perspective of the Universe has changed. Over the last two decades a whole host of exotic planet systems have been found, including analogues of famous science-fiction-worlds.
Since the discovery of the first extra-solar planet in the '90s, our perspective of the Universe has changed. Over the last two decades a whole host of exotic planet systems have been found, including analogues of famous science-fiction-worlds.

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Oxford Physics Short Talks and Introductions
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Ruth Angus
Keywords
sci-fi
stargazing
nasa
earth
astronomy
Physics
Department: Department of Physics
Date Added: 04/06/2013
Duration: 00:10:50

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