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Originally Posted by Hanni
Astronomers have achieved a big milestone in the search for another Earth: the two smallest confirmed planets ever found orbiting another star… and they’re both about the size of Earth!
Artist’s illustration of the Kepler-20 planets with Earth and Venus for size comparison.
Kepler is finding new planets constantly it seems, very exciting. |
When launched Astronomers hoped to find planets around about .01% of the 150,000 stars Kepler would be peeking at. I think when the James Weeb goes up in a few years it will be extremly rare to find a star that
doesn't have planets.
Gravity is king baby.
