Researchers for half a century have tried — and failed — to use the motion of stars moving across the sky to discover planets that lie beyond the solar system. Now a team has finally used the method, ...
Astronomers are testing a quieter way of searching for moons beyond the solar system, using careful measurements of motion rather than changes in ligh.
Over the last 20 years Hubble Space Telescope Fine Guidance Sensor interferometric astrometry has produced precise and accurate parallaxes of astrophysical interesting stars and mass estimates for ...
When not performing OSETI observations, appropriately trained observers can make precise measurements of the position and magnitude of recently discovered or poorly observed asteroids and comets.