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Old 05-04-2011, 11:57 PM
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This isn't a true representation as most of these aren't confirmed, but what a knock out looking pic all the same.

When I first saw that pic, I thought gosh what have I missed recently, they must have found & confirmed bucket loads very quickly and very recently, so I went looking for more info.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extrasolar_planet

From Wikki...
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There are 539 candidate extra-solar planets that have been identified[1] as of March 24, 2011.]
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The Kepler telescope has detected a further 1235 planet candidates, but these require further investigation before being confirmed,[10][11] including 54 that may be in the "Habitable Zone.
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