Since the first discovery of planets in another solar system of our galaxy in the early 90s and the discovery of 51 Pegassi b, a Jovian-type planet around a Sun-like star in 1995 (Mayor and Queloz 1995), thousands of confirmed exoplanets and planetary systems have been discovered, and the total count continues to increase steadily. These discoveries have renewed our interest and hope in finding another habitable world, identifying signs of life on another planet, and finding an Earth 2.0. Although new exoplanets continue to be discovered, the focus of current astronomical research is shifting from finding and...
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