'100 new planets discovered beyond our solar system'
'100 new planets discovered beyond our solar system'
Scientists have confirmed nearly 100 new planets outside our solar system, bringing the total number of exoplanets found using NASA's K2 mission to almost 300.
"We started out analysing 275 candidates, of which 149 were validated as real exoplanets. In turn, 95 of these planets have proved to be new discoveries," said Andrew Mayo, doctoral student at the Technical University of Denmark.
"This research has been underway since the first K2 data release in 2014," said Mayo, main author of the research published in the Astronomical Journal.
Mayo and his colleagues analysed hundreds of signals of potential exoplanets to determine which signals were created by exoplanets and which were caused by other sources.
"We started out analysing 275 candidates, of which 149 were validated as real exoplanets. In turn, 95 of these planets have proved to be new discoveries," said Andrew Mayo, doctoral student at the Technical University of Denmark.
"This research has been underway since the first K2 data release in 2014," said Mayo, main author of the research published in the Astronomical Journal.
Mayo and his colleagues analysed hundreds of signals of potential exoplanets to determine which signals were created by exoplanets and which were caused by other sources.
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