NASA Confirms 5,000 Exoplanets Beyond Our Solar System: Each a ‘New World’

This illustration shows what exoplanets might look like. NASA/JPL-Caltech. Article by Amanda Kooser. CNET – March 21, 2022. 

NASA JPL announced a cosmic milestone on Monday with the confirmed discovery of more than 5,000 exoplanets. A new batch of 65 planets located outside our solar system joined the NASA Exoplanet Archive, triggering a celebratory mood.

“It’s not just a number,” Exoplanet Archive science lead Jessie Christiansen said in a statement. “Each one of them is a new world, a brand new planet. I get excited about every one because we don’t know anything about them.” […]

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