Researchers say the development could help them find a planet similar to our own that orbits a sun-like star.
New Earth-like planets could soon be discovered after scientists made a technological breakthrough. Physicists have developed an astrocomb that can analyse the blue-green light emitted by stars. Astrocombs can detect tiny variations in a star's light created by orbiting exoplanets - potentially revealing one similar to Earth. They have been mainly limited to the green-red part of the light spectrum, but the new system offers the chance to uncover even more space secrets.
Heriot-Watt Professor Derryck Reid said the shorter wavelength light the new system can examine is 'rich in the atomic absorption features of interest to astronomers'. 'Our new approach for the first time provides a continuous sequence of optical markers from the ultraviolet to the blue-green that serve as a precision wavelength scale in this part of the spectrum,' added Professor Reid.
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