![](https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/136948/images/076b07b5-9663-4682-a0aa-56568a59852f_max-600.jpg)
Exoplanet hunters: What it takes to find needles in the cosmic haystacks
A purely hypothetical field a few decades ago, exoplanet hunters inhabit one of the most dynamic areas in astronomy today. For the exoplanet hunters themselves, these discoveries are not just scientific data points; they are windows into the universe’s vast and varied architecture.