1.0Gizmodo Australiahttps://gizmodo.com.auRyan F. Mandelbaumhttps://gizmodo.com.au/author/ryanfmandelbaum-usa/This Solar System Catalogue Could Be Key To Finding An Earth-Like Exoplanetrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="y5DNxmIXbJ"><a href="https://gizmodo.com.au/2018/08/this-solar-system-catalogue-could-be-key-to-finding-an-earth-like-exoplanet/">This Solar System Catalogue Could Be Key To Finding An Earth-Like Exoplanet</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://gizmodo.com.au/2018/08/this-solar-system-catalogue-could-be-key-to-finding-an-earth-like-exoplanet/embed/#?secret=y5DNxmIXbJ" width="600" height="338" title="“This Solar System Catalogue Could Be Key To Finding An Earth-Like Exoplanet” — Gizmodo Australia" data-secret="y5DNxmIXbJ" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script>
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https://gizmodo.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/01/zlsp1dbu4qta5a5actzn.png?quality=751616909By searching for the telltale, periodic dimming of light from distant stars, astronomers can spot orbiting exoplanets tens to hundreds of light years away. But how do they know what these bodies look like? Perhaps they first try to imagine how the planets in our own Solar System might appear to a faraway alien world.