Thursday, August 26, 2010

Kepler Discovers Multiple Planets Transiting a Single Star

Source - NASA Science News for August 26, 2010

NASA's Kepler spacecraft has discovered two Saturn-sized planets transiting a single sun-like star. The same system might contain a third world--a hot "super-Earth" one and a half times the size of Earth. Researchers announced the results today at a NASA press conference.

FULL STORY at

http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2010/26aug_kepler/

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