#  Exoplanet discovered with new technique that uses Einstein's relativity 

 





May 14, 2013

 

 

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*Artist's conception of Kepler-76b,*   
*orbiting its elongated star* *David A. Aguilar (CfA)*

A new method for detecting planet that Loeb & Gaudi proposed in 2003 was demonstrated to work and a new planet, Kepler 76b, was discovered with it.

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Wired UK: <http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-05/14/planet-discovery-method>

CFA Press Release: <http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/news/2013/pr201312.html>

Tel Aviv University: [http://english.tau.ac.il/news/discovering\_new\_planet](http://english.tau.ac.il/news/discovering_new_planet)

Harvard Gazette: <http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2013/05/building-on-einstein/>

Time Magazine: <http://science.time.com/2013/06/04/albert-einstein-discovers-new-planet-really/>









 

 

 



 

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