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By filtering out this mode, Deshler, Ozer and their colleagues were able to effectively eliminate the starlight, revealing only the light from the exoplanet.
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Victoria Corless, Space.com, 22 May 2025
If Earth’s atmosphere were perfectly static and homogeneous, then the refraction of starlight would be minimal.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 15 May 2025
Such clouds are predominantly made from molecular hydrogen gas, which, when it isn't being energized by starlight, is very faint — almost invisible.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 28 Apr. 2025
The telescope was able to detect some starlight being absorbed into the planet's atmosphere.
—George Petras, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2025
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Victoria Corless, Space.com, 22 May 2025
If Earth’s atmosphere were perfectly static and homogeneous, then the refraction of starlight would be minimal.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 15 May 2025
Such clouds are predominantly made from molecular hydrogen gas, which, when it isn't being energized by starlight, is very faint — almost invisible.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 28 Apr. 2025
The telescope was able to detect some starlight being absorbed into the planet's atmosphere.
—George Petras, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2025
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“Starlight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/starlight. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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starlight
noun
star·light
ˈstär-ˌlīt 
: the light given by the stars
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