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Hubble Discovers a Hundred New Planets

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the space-real-estate dept.

Spudley writes "The BBC is reporting that the Hubble Telescope has discovered over a hundred new exoplanets - a number which almost doubles the total known. Apparently they are also expecting to be able to analyse the atmospheres of up to 20% of them. The discovery will be confirmed within the next seven days."

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  1. Prime Directive by scoser · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Looks like it's time to speed up discussions on the ethics and implementation of the Prime Directive!