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Radio 6 Music,1 min

"The recent Exoplanet discoveries... were discovered using our cameras" Phil in Japan on The Chain

Radcliffe and Maconie

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Stuart Maconie chats to Phil in Chiba, Japan on The Chain. The company he works for made the cameras that discovered TRAPPIST-1, a set of seven Exoplanets that are Earth-sized, three of which are in the habitable zone.

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