“Scientists are on their way to discovering thousands of new planets, potentially including hundreds of worlds the size of Earth, in Earth-like orbits around sunlike stars – They expect to achieve that goal within three years or so. But they’ll start with the weirdest worlds,” reports Alan Boyle for CNN.com.
“The most advanced planet-hunting probes — the European Space Agency’s COROT satellite and NASA’s Kepler spacecraft — are designed to spot close-in planets most easily. That means the first revelations will be about planets in orbits much smaller than Mercury’s,” reports Boyle.
“So when Kepler’s scientists announce their first official results next month, expect to hear about “hot Jupiters” and “super-Earths” whirling so close to their stars that they sizzle. And you just might hear about phenomena so strange that the scientists can hardly believe their instruments,” reports Boyle.
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