[MUSIC] [FOREIGN] Over the last 20 years we have discovered and analyzed the orbits of several thousand [UNKNOWN] planets, but what is the point of having so many objects, why bother looking for more. The point is to have a global image, to see all the particularities of this huge diversity. Obviously, with this telescope and this instrument, we were restricted to a certain range of planets, namely giant planets. [FOREIGN] Later we learned many other things. How to develop more precise instruments, for one. And we developed a new spectrograph, HOPS, which was installed in Chile. On a 3.6 meter telescope. 3.6 meters means more photons, and more precise instrument, and an opportunity to detect much smaller planets. For several years, more than five actually, we used it to look for small planets. Night after night and our search was remarkably fruitful. [FOREIGN] We discovered a new population of small planets, what we call super Earths, with a mass one to ten times higher than Earth's. They were all closed together in multiple planet systems, where several planets orbit the same star. For example, there is the planetary system HD 10180, which hosts seven planets, maybe even nine, around the same star. So we discovered a new population of planets on one hand, and distinctive objects, very close to the stars, on the other. [FOREIGN] The search went on and we discovered more amazing objects. With highly elliptical orbits with an eccentricity of 0.93, which means a highly elongated orbit. We also came across objects with remarkably short, hour long periods. [FOREIGN] >> Obviously, Kepler space telescope, which observed the transits, later confirmed the existence of these smaller planets. Needless to say, our search for much smaller planets continues with a highly ambitious goal. Discovering earth like terrestrial planets and the habitable zone of their parent star. In other words, the region with in which planets can support liquid water at their surface. Recently with a half spectrograph, we discovered a planet with approximately the same mass as Earth which orbits Alpha Centauri B. In other words, it is a satellite of Alpha Centauri. Put simply this planet has almost the same mass as Earth. But it is far too close to its parent star to be in the habitable zone. Nowadays, we are still looking for Earth-like planets, but within a region that could support liquid water, and ultimately. The complex chemistry of life. >> [FOREIGN]. [MUSIC]