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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. I for one... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    welcome our new exoplanetary masters.

    Now here's the catch... are they all gas giants like the ones we've already discovered or are some of them smaller rock planets?

  2. 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!