The Paranal solar ESPRESSO Telescope, a New Tool for Finding Exoplanets

The Paranal solar ESPRESSO Telescope, a New Tool for Finding Exoplanets
By Matthew Williams (https://ift.tt/SWh7Iyw)

The Paranal solar ESPRESSO Telescope (PoET), installed at the European Southern Observatory's (ESO's) Paranal site in Chile, has made its first observations. The telescope will work with ESO's ESPRESSO instrument to study the sun in detail. Described as a solar telescope for planet hunters, PoET aims to understand how the variation in the light from stars like the sun can mask the presence of planets orbiting them, helping us in our search for worlds outside the solar system.

May 4, 2026 at 12:22AM
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