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Astronomy has a habit of bringing new worlds with their weirds. The initial exoplanets were found orbiting a pulsar, not a Sun-like star- an early victory which was only possible because pulsars have ...

Until someone invents warp drive, the only way we can inspect distant exoplanets is with a powerful telescope. However, even the most capable telescopes can only catch faint glimmers from exoplanets.