Momentous haul of new planets not without controversy
June 17, 2010
IN ONLY its first 43 days of operation, NASA's Kepler orbiting telescope has identified 706 potential planets circling other stars, the agency said.
Although some are likely to be false positives that will be weeded out by further observation, the announcement on Tuesday could double the known number of so-called extrasolar planets, a figure that now stands at 461.
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