What is HARPS?
HARPS is not the same as the mysterious Alaskan installation known as HAARP, which is mentioned in this week’s Dreamland. HARPS, located in Chile, stands for High Accuracy Radial Velocity Planet Searcher and is part of the huge ESO international telescope system, which is searching for new planets. Since it powered up 5 years ago, HARPS has discovered more than 75 new planets in 30 difference solar systems, and recently, they’ve discovered 32 more. Will some of them have intelligent life?
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