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International TPF/Darwin Workshop
(June 16, 2006)
An International TPF/Darwin Workshop is scheduled for November 8-10, 2006, in Pasadena.
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TPF engineers achieve planet-detection milestone
(September 29, 2005)
For the first time ever, engineers working on JPL's Planet Detection Testbed have demonstrated that they can separate light as faint as that from a distant Earth-like planet from the blinding glare of its parent star.
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