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Exoplanet 100
February 19 , 2018
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- Scientists have confirmed nearly 100 new planets outside our solar system, bringing the total number of exoplanets found using NASA's K2 mission to almost 300.
- They were discovered using research from National Space Institute at the Technical University of Denmark.
- Also in this research a star called HD 212657 has been found by Kepler.
- HD 212657 is brightest star discovered by K2/ Kepler mission.
- The Kepler spacecraft was launched in 2009 to hunt for exoplanets by NASA.
- An exoplanet is a planet outside our solar system that orbits a star.
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