The search for planets outside our Solar System will always be pricey. But creative solutions are proving that it no longer has to break the bank.
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Lee Billings is a freelance writer based in New York.
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Billings, L. Astronomy: Exoplanets on the cheap. Nature 470, 27–29 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/470027a
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