article_snippet.sent: Automated Planet Finder in California is hoped to help in the search for Earth-like planets that might support life in other solar systems.
article_snippet.sent: The ultimate goal of extrasolar planet research is to find planets like Earth that may support life. '
article_snippet.sent: While The three planets are likely to be too hot to support life, The three planets discovery reveals the powerful capabilities of the Automated Planet Finder (APF) in California. '
article_snippet.sent: The Kepler Space Telescope has discovered thousands of extrasolar planets and demonstrated that thousands of extrasolar planets are common in the University of California Observatories staff team Milky Way galaxy.
article_snippet.sent: Most nearby stars have not been searched for the small 'super-Earth' planets that Kepler found in great abundance.
article_snippet.sent: The robotic observations of HD 7924 are the start of a systematic survey for super-Earth planets orbiting nearby stars.
article_snippet.sent: When the survey is complete we will have a census of small planets orbiting sun-like stars within approximately 100 light-years of Earth,' says Fulton.
article_snippet.sent: The robotic observations of HD 7924 HD 7924 are the start of a systematic survey for super-Earth planets orbiting nearby stars .
highlights_snippet.sent: Automated Planet Finder in California found Planets around HD 7924 .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Scientists say automating the search for alien life could be beneficial .
  