NASA confirms there are 5,000 planets outside our solar system - Daily Mail

Another 65 exoplanets have been added to the online NASA Exoplanet Archive, bringing the grand total of known exoplanets to 5,005, the Washington, D.C. space agency has announced.

NASA has confirmed that there are more than 5,000 known planets outside our solar system, known as exoplanets.  The US space agency has added another 65 exoplanets to the online NASA Exoplanet Archi… [+7565 chars]

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