Submitted by MrBabyMan

Space has always been one of those things that has fascinated me, ever since I was a young boy.

17planet600 Astronomers Identify 45 New Planets

When I first read this story from the New York Times, the most exciting thing about it was that our scientific instruments are now sensitive enough to start recognising planetary systems that are close enough to Earth’s size…. just one closer step to more space colonisation (and potential contact of another species?)

These are exciting times we live in, thats for sure.

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The newly identified planets range in mass from slightly bigger than Earth to about twice as massive as Neptune.

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