Mystery #1Tier 2hunting for planets
How do we spot planets around distant stars when the stars themselves are mere dots?
Other stars are so far away that even our best telescopes see them as tiny points of light. A planet circling one of them would be far smaller and fainter still, lost in the glare. And yet astronomers have found thousands of them. So how on Earth do we spot a planet we cannot even see?
Your guess
If you cannot see the planet itself, what clever trick might give it away?
There's no single magic word to type, have a go in your own words, then reveal the answer to see how close you got.
Make a guess to unlock the hints and the answer.