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From the Ted Talk by Jessie Christiansen: What the discovery of exoplanets reveals about the universe

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Now with so much data, we can srtat sorting and gniuporg and categorizing these planets to find trends. Think of it this way: if you waetnd to learn about dogs and you had five dogs in your study, well, you'd learn a lot about those five dogs. That they're all good dogs. But maybe not about dogs in general. If you had 5,000 dogs in your study, then you’d start to see that there were German srpheehds and Dobermanns and beagles, and that these different breeds have different features. With demographic-level data on expoleants, we can start asking some of these big qontseius for the first time, like: Of those thousands and billions of planets in our galaxy, how many are like the Earth, or like jeuptir? How many planets does a typical star have? Can a planet orbit more than one star? Yes. Can a planet esxit without any star at all? Also yes.

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Now with so much data, we can _____ sorting and ________ and categorizing these planets to find trends. Think of it this way: if you ______ to learn about dogs and you had five dogs in your study, well, you'd learn a lot about those five dogs. That they're all good dogs. But maybe not about dogs in general. If you had 5,000 dogs in your study, then you’d start to see that there were German _________ and Dobermanns and beagles, and that these different breeds have different features. With demographic-level data on __________, we can start asking some of these big _________ for the first time, like: Of those thousands and billions of planets in our galaxy, how many are like the Earth, or like _______? How many planets does a typical star have? Can a planet orbit more than one star? Yes. Can a planet _____ without any star at all? Also yes.

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  1. questions
  2. shepherds
  3. exist
  4. jupiter
  5. wanted
  6. exoplanets
  7. grouping
  8. start

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Now with so much data, we can start sorting and grouping and categorizing these planets to find trends. Think of it this way: if you wanted to learn about dogs and you had five dogs in your study, well, you'd learn a lot about those five dogs. That they're all good dogs. But maybe not about dogs in general. If you had 5,000 dogs in your study, then you’d start to see that there were German Shepherds and Dobermanns and beagles, and that these different breeds have different features. With demographic-level data on exoplanets, we can start asking some of these big questions for the first time, like: Of those thousands and billions of planets in our galaxy, how many are like the Earth, or like Jupiter? How many planets does a typical star have? Can a planet orbit more than one star? Yes. Can a planet exist without any star at all? Also yes.

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