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Published online 21 July 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news030721-1
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Stars with metal harbour planets
Planet-hunters know where to look for distant solar systems.
Stars containing metals are the ones most likely to have planets orbiting them, researchers have confirmed. Scanning the skies for inhabited planets like our own could be easier than astronomers had thought.
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