Searching a sea of 'noise' to find exoplanets -- using only data as a guide

(Yale University) Yale researchers have found a data-driven way to detect distant planets and refine the search for worlds similar to Earth.The new approach relies on mathematical methods that have their foundations in physics research. Rather than trying to filter out the signal "noise" from stars around which exoplanets are orbiting, Yale scientists studied all of the signal information together to understand the intricacies within its structure.