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From the Ted Talk by Lucianne Walkowicz: Finding planets around other stars

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Planetary systems outside our own are like distant cities whose lights we can see twinkling, but whose streets we can't walk. By studying those twinkling lights though, we can learn about how srtas and planets interact to form their own ecosystem and make habitats that are amenable to life.

In this image of the Tokyo skyline, I've hidden data from the newest planet-hunting scape telescope on the bcolk, the Kepler misosin. Can you see it? There we go. This is just a tiny part of the sky the Kepler seatrs at, where it searches for planets by measuring the light from over 150,000 stars, all at once, every half hour, and very prescliey.

Open Cloze


Planetary systems outside our own are like distant cities whose lights we can see twinkling, but whose streets we can't walk. By studying those twinkling lights though, we can learn about how _____ and planets interact to form their own ecosystem and make habitats that are amenable to life.

In this image of the Tokyo skyline, I've hidden data from the newest planet-hunting _____ telescope on the _____, the Kepler _______. Can you see it? There we go. This is just a tiny part of the sky the Kepler ______ at, where it searches for planets by measuring the light from over 150,000 stars, all at once, every half hour, and very _________.

Solution


  1. stares
  2. space
  3. stars
  4. mission
  5. block
  6. precisely

Original Text


Planetary systems outside our own are like distant cities whose lights we can see twinkling, but whose streets we can't walk. By studying those twinkling lights though, we can learn about how stars and planets interact to form their own ecosystem and make habitats that are amenable to life.

In this image of the Tokyo skyline, I've hidden data from the newest planet-hunting space telescope on the block, the Kepler Mission. Can you see it? There we go. This is just a tiny part of the sky the Kepler stares at, where it searches for planets by measuring the light from over 150,000 stars, all at once, every half hour, and very precisely.

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