104 newfound alien planets confirmed in cosmic haul
 

104 newfound alien planets confirmed in cosmic haul
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A team of researchers using telescopes in space and on Earth an**unced a new haul of about 100 previously undiscovered alien planets on Monday.

The cosmic "treasure trove" was revealed using data from NASA's Kepler Space Telescope and other observatories on Earth, according to a statement from the Keck Observatory in Hawaii, which was one of the telescopes that helped corroborate the planetary discoveries.

These newly confirmed worlds will **w be added to the approximately 3,300 planets we k**w of outside the solar system.

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