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Science Advances our Cause

February 4, 2011 · by · in Observances · Leave a comment

Yesterday, the Kepler team released a stunning report. The Kepler planet hunter spacecraft, launched in 2009, has already identified over 1,200 planets in orbit around stars in a small section of the Milky Way. Around one particular star, Kepler-11, a planetary system of 6 planets has been found! This is the fullest, most compact planetary […]