In search of planets and life around other stars.
The discovery of over a dozen low-mass companions to nearby stars has intensified scientific and public interest in a longer term search for habitable planets like our own. However, the nature of the detected companions, and in particular whether they resemble Jupiter in properties and origin, remains undetermined.
D055580:Astronomical Phenomena; D001256:Astronomy; D019369:Life; D016083:Planets