A Failed Planet Hunt Around 70 Ophiuchi Still Advances Future Searches
Astronomers examined the nearby binary system 70 Ophiuchi AB using decades of archival data and new radial-velocity measurements. They did not detect any Jupiter-mass planets at the orbits they could probe, though smaller planets similar in size to Earth might still exist there. The team says this null result will help future large telescopes choose the most promising targets in the system.
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