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NASA's Kepler Discovers 11 Systems Hosting 26 Planets

Posted by timothy on from the such-nice-hosts-they-are dept.

An anonymous reader writes "NASA's Kepler mission has discovered 11 new planetary systems hosting 26 confirmed planets. These discoveries nearly double the number of verified planets and triple the number of stars known to have more than one planet that transits, or passes in front of, the star. Such systems will help astronomers better understand how planets form."

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  1. Re:Here we go by craigminah · · Score: 5, Informative

    Christianity and belief in life outside of Earth are not mutually exclusive.

  2. Re:And SETI has a new project... by scdeimos · · Score: 5, Funny

    That shouldn't be a problem, as long as the aliens use XML.

    Now we have two problems.

  3. trashing Christians is your only comment on this? by danbeck · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The Kepler mission makes this very interesting scientific find and the only thing you people can do is trash Christians? That is your response to FINDING 11 PLANETARY SYSTEMS IN OUR GALAXY, that Christians are lolstupid?