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Six of the newly found planets are several times bigger than Earth, increasing the population of so-called super-Earths by more than 30 percent. Most planets discovered so far are far bigger, Jupiter-sized or even larger.
Two of the newly discovered planets were as small as five times the size of Earth and one was up to five times larger than Jupiter.
That is very interesting. Have you ever wondered what life is like on these other planets? We cannot be the only one's. I bet they wonder about us too.
That is very interesting. Have you ever wondered what life is like on these other planets? We cannot be the only one's. I bet they wonder about us too.
There is someone on another planet who made this same exact post the same exact time you did as so with my post.
What is sad is that the average U.S. citizen has NO idea that these discoveries are being made. Ask 100 people on the street about this and I'll bet only 10 would tell you they knew that other planets existed beyond the 8 (or 9 counting Pluto) that we all learned about in 1st grade.
To me the discovery of planets outside our Solar System is one of the great discoveries in Human history, yet little is made of it in the mainstream media.
But what can you expect out of a society where 1 in 5 believes that the Sun revolves around Earth?
If anyone wants the complete list of the 403 known planets it's here. Not much detail on the latest 32 yet but it will no doubt appear in the coming weeks. The Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia
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