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IRrelevant Astronomy by NASA / SSC-IPAC

Nov 25, 2008Science & Medicine

During a tense face-off with a sinister (but extremely slow-moving) alien race, Dr. Michelle shows IR-1 how scientists can determine what extrasolar planets are made of, even when the planets are too far away to see.

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