Citizen scientists discover five tightly packed exoplanets

ENN
Jan 15, 2018, 8:36 am58 pts
Five new planets have been discovered outside our solar system, all orbiting a sun-like star located within the constellation Aquarius, nearly 620 light years from Earth. The alien worlds are considered super-Earths, sizing in at two to three times larger than our own blue planet.All five exoplanets are likely…

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