“Canada’s POET Mission is Hunting Alien Worlds 👀”

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[00:00:00]What if a tiny satellite could find another Earth? Canada is building a new mission called POET, designed to hunt Earth-sized planets. It looks at tiny stars called ultra-cool dwarfs, smaller and dimmer than our sun. When a planet passes [music] in front of a star, it blocks a little light. POET detects that dip to discover new worlds.

[00:00:18]>> [music] >> Because these stars are small, even Earth-sized planets create big signals.

[00:00:23]POET could find [music] planets just 326 light-years away. Some may even support life. We might be closer than ever to finding another Earth.