18.04.10- Zeroing in on Nearby Exoplanets.

 
A scale comparison of a possible Super-Earth.
It’s hard to believe that a little less than two decades ago, no extra-solar planets were known. Now, the count climbs daily, and platforms like the Kepler Space Telescope threaten to launch the tally into the thousands. Recently, an international team of astronomers made six new discoveries in two nearby star [...]