The Kepler Mission Has Searched for Earth- Like Planets by Looking

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Essay

The Kepler mission has searched for Earth- like planets by looking for the dip in the brightness of a star as a (potential)planet transits across it. Why will this technique actually miss the vast majority of planets around the stars it observes?

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