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mattie_p
on Thursday February 27 2014, @02:31PM
from the I-bet-that's-all-of-them-now dept.
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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NASA Kepler Telescope Discovers 715 New Planets
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(Score: 2, Insightful) by mrwizrd on Thursday February 27 2014, @03:16PM
Oh how I wish I still had mod points. I've never seen that image before - really gives you a sense of just how tiny we are and how much we've managed to achieve in our tiny blip of an existence. Kind of makes all of our petty problems and disagreements pale into insignificance.