104
newfound alien planets confirmed in
cosmic haul
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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