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planets that had the audacity to orbit a star that isn't ours.
means any planet found orbiting a star other than the sun, which is to say almost every planet in the universe.
from from greek exo meaning outside, bolted onto planet; the first confirmed one turned up in 1995 orbiting 51 pegasi, a hot jupiter that shouldn't have existed by the rules astronomers had.
count so farover 5,500 confirmed, thousands more candidates
detection trickmost found by watching stars flicker, not planets
weird findsa planet made largely of diamond exists
nobel proof2019 physics prize went to exoplanet pioneers