Microlensing is the only known method capable of discovering planets at truly great distances from Earth. Whereas radial velocity searches look for planets in our immediate galactic neighborhood, up ...
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A new statistical study of planets found by a technique called gravitational microlensing suggests that Neptune-mass worlds are likely the most common type of planet to form in the icy outer realms of ...