5,000 planets, some Earth-like, exist outside the solar system, NASA confirms

5,000 planets, some Earth-like, exist outside the solar system, NASA confirms

There is also the promise of more such additions as NASA readies its $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope for planet-gazing in deep space. Astronomers have added the 5,000th exoplanet to the NASA Exoplanet Archive, the agency’s officials at its Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California have said. NASA hit the milestone mark following the discovery … Read more