ScienceDaily -- NASA's Kepler mission has discovered 11 new planetary systems hosting 26 confirmed planets. These discoveries nearly double the number of verified Kepler planets and triple
the number of stars known to have more than one planet that transits, or passes in front of, the star. Such systems will help astronomers better understand how planets form.
MORE: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/01/120126155915.htm
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the number of stars known to have more than one planet that transits, or passes in front of, the star. Such systems will help astronomers better understand how planets form.
MORE: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/01/120126155915.htm
See also...
New Satellite Takes Spectacular High-Res Image of Earth
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/01/blue-planet/
Clues into moon's magnetic mystery revealed
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46156573/ns/technology_and_science-space/
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