Composition Quote by Debra Fischer

The first exoplanet to be found around a sun-like star was discovered in 1995, just two years before I began studying exoplanet detection.

— Debra Fischer

Naturally, we think that finding another Earth-like planet is identifying a site that's at least friendly here for the evolution of life. The primary…

— Debra Fischer

Kepler's blown the lid off everything we know about extra-solar planets.

— Debra Fischer

Our field is very focused on finding Earth 2.0, and anything we can do to narrow the search is helpful.

— Debra Fischer

It now seems logical that all the stars, like our own sun, must have formed with a system of planets around them.

— Debra Fischer

In 1999, my team discovered that the star Upsilon Andromedae was circled by three gas-giant planets - the first distant multiplanet system ever found.…

— Debra Fischer

Because Alpha Centauri is so close, it is our first stop outside our solar system. There's almost certain to be small, rocky planets around…

— Debra Fischer

Diamond planets truly are the most precious.

— Debra Fischer

As our sensitivity improves, we are finally seeing planets with longer orbital periods, planetary systems that look more like our solar system.

— Debra Fischer

Science requires speculation, creativity, and wild ideas.

— Debra Fischer

There's no doubt that the search for planets is motivated by the search for life. Humans are interested in whether or not life evolves…

— Debra Fischer

Further ahead, I'd like to see tiny spacebots - smaller than your cell phone - travel outside our solar system to the nearest star…

— Debra Fischer