Monday, October 19, 2009

Although Pluto was Kicked Out of the Planetary System: There Are Plenty More Outside the System


Astronomers have found 32 new planets outside our solar system. They are called "Exoplanets", found by University of Porto (Portugal), they used an intense telescope called a Chilean Telescope. This particular telescope can find planets outside our solar system easily and is able to detect even the slightest of movements. At first they thought that there were only 32 more planets, but now, when able to look at different solar systems, they can count up to 400. This is exciting, we now have more planets to name, and our knowledge of the universe just seems to expand with each new day.

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