New algorithm digs up 18 Earth-like exoplanets from old Kepler data

So far almost 4,000 planets have been discovered orbiting stars other than the Sun, and that tally is constantly growing. Now another 18 exoplanets have been added to the haul, but the difference this time is that all of them are roughly Earth-sized – much smaller than the Neptune-sized average found so far. The discovery was made in old data, using a new and more sensitive algorithm.

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Category: Space

Tags:

• Algorithms
• Earth
• Exoplanet
• Kepler Mission
• Max Planck Institute
• Planet
• Stars
• Telescope
• TESS

from New Atlas (Gizmag) http://bit.ly/2K0OjHZ