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NASA Kepler Telescope Discovers 715 New Planets

posted by mattie_p on Thursday February 27 2014, @02:31PM   Printer-friendly
from the I-bet-that's-all-of-them-now dept.

kef writes:

"NASA's Kepler mission has doubled the number of known planets outside of our solar system. In what can only be described as a "bonanza", 715 new planets have been reported thanks to the Kepler space telescope's planet-hunting mission. Using a new method for verifying potential planets led to the volume of new discoveries from Kepler, which aims to help humans search for other worlds that may be like Earth."

 
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  • (Score: 4, Informative) by chebucto on Thursday February 27 2014, @02:52PM

    by chebucto (36) on Thursday February 27 2014, @02:52PM (#7975) Journal

    Perhaps 'discovery' means the Kepler team signed off on the planets, while 'verified' means that other teams have confirmed their findings.

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