NASA released dramatic new findings from the planet-scouting Kepler spacecraft project Thursday. Looks like the universe is way, way more crowded than we had realized.
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"Theres over 700 confirmed exoplanets... (http://exoplanet.eu/catalog.php)
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Someone call John Lithgow and pull French Stewart out of storage, a team of astronomers using the Kepler telescope have discovered the smallest of exoplanets, and tiniest solar system, so far. And their existence may show that our solar system isn't all that unique.