Using radial velocity, astronomers at the 193-centimeter telescope at the Observatoire de Haute-Provence were able to detect the known exoplanet Kepler-16b.
Exoplanets, it turns out, are difficult to take detailed pictures of at this point in time. At best, you get a blocked-out star and a tiny bright dot next to it. Although our telescopes are improving decade by decade, we still have to imagine what these distant worlds might look like.
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