Kepler Space Telescope Spots 41 New Exoplanets

ALIEN PLANET HAUL: NASA SPACE TELESCOPE SPOTS 41 NEW EXOPLANETSBy Charles Q. ChoiSPACE.com8-20-12 Astronomers have discovered 41 new alien planets in one sweep by analyzing how each world gravitationally yanks on its neighbors.The newly confirmed exoplanets were spotted by NASAs prolific Kepler space telescope, which has detected more than 2,300 potential alien worlds since its March 2009 launch. The new finds, announced in two separate papers, bring the number of verified Kepler worlds to 115 and the total exoplanet tally to nearly 800."Typically planets are announced one or two at a time - its quite exceptional to have 27 announced in a single paper, or 41 in two," said Jason Steffen, an astrophysicist at the Fermilab Center for Particle Astrophysics in Batavia, Ill. Steffen is lead author of one of the studies....Continue Reading... See Also:Do Extra-Solar Planets Really Exist?The 5 Coolest Planets Orbiting Distant StarsTally of Confirmed Alien Planets Surpasses 700 SHARE YOUR UFO EXPERIENCERead more >>