Alan Boss in Pale Red Dot on the history of extrasolar planet hunting

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Alan Boss speaks on the Pale Red Dot.

"Estimates range as high as there being one habitable Earth-like planet for every star in our galaxy. As someone who has lived through the ups and downs of the history of the field of planet formation and detection, this revelation never fails to amaze me, and often chokes me up when giving public lectures," writes Alan Boss on the website Pale Red Dot. More