First Sun-like Star with Exoplanet

51 Pegasi

In 1995, Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz announced the discovery of 51 Pegasi b — the first planet ever confirmed orbiting a Sun-like star. The discovery launched the era of exoplanet science. Mayor and Queloz received the Nobel Prize in Phy

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