Future Spacecraft and the Hunt for Habitable Planets

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Future Spacecraft and the Hunt for Habitable Planets
Gresham College - Gresham College
Professor Ian Morison discusses one of the hottest topics in astronomy: detecting other solar systems. The methods by which this has been achieved so far have yet to detect an earth-like planet, but already a miniature version of our solar system has been discovered.How do these discoveries affect the prospects for life elsewhere?