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95 new exoplanets discovered during NASA's K2 mission
« on: February 16, 2018, 01:46:27 am »

Scientists have confirmed 95 additional exoplanets outside the solar system based on analysis of NASA's K2 mission data.

Since the first planet orbiting a star similar to the solar system's sun was detected in 1995, more than 3,300 exoplanets -- ranging from rocky Earth-sized planets to large gas giants like Jupiter -- have been found.

The first data from the K2 was released in 2014, with the latest findings released in a paper published in the Astronomical Journal.

"We started out analyzing 275 candidates of which 149 were validated as real exoplanets. In turn 95 of these planets have proved to be new discoveries," Andrew Mayo, a doctoral student at the National Space Institute at the Technical University of Denmark, said in a press release.

Read More: http://www.isn-news.net/2018/02/95-new-exoplanets-discovered-during.html
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Re: 95 new exoplanets discovered during NASA's K2 mission
« Reply #1 on: February 16, 2018, 02:45:37 am »
I needed a happy wonderful news story today. Yay!
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Re: 95 new exoplanets discovered during NASA's K2 mission
« Reply #2 on: February 16, 2018, 04:14:59 pm »
Here's the original paper, if you want the full details:

275 Candidates and 149 Validated Planets Orbiting Bright Stars in K2 Campaigns 0-10
https://arxiv.org/abs/1802.05277
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