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These findings give astronomers a hint at where and when to look for technosignatures; the periods during which extrasolar planets, or "exoplanets," in other star systems align with their stars are of particular interest.

Alignments between exoplanets and stars, called transits, that occur when these worlds cross the face of their parent star from our perspective on Earth, are particularly useful for detecting planets beyond the solar system.