{
  "id": 710468,
  "title": "Nine Hundred Telescopes and One Chance a Year",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/nine-hundred-telescopes-and-one-chance-a-year",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-12T22:03:44.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Universe Today",
    "slug": "universe-today",
    "url": "https://www.universetoday.com/articles/nine-hundred-telescopes-and-one-chance-a-year"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Reading the atmosphere of another world means catching starlight as it filters through that planet's air during a transit. The signal is about one part in a million and a true Earth twin transits only once a year, so you cannot simply repeat the measurement until the noise averages away. Each attempt has to work on its own. A team led from Shanghai has proposed the alternative to building an…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}