Motherlode of potential planets found: more than 1200 alien worlds!

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By Phil Plait
Feb 2, 2011 11:35 PMNov 20, 2019 4:18 AM

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Big news from the Kepler mission: more than 1200 potential planets have been found by the orbiting observatory!

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