We now know of 5,005 exoplanets — here are astronomers' 8 favorites - Inverse

A non-exhaustive list of some of the best exoplanets out there, according to the experts.

In the 1980s , we knew of no planets outside our Solar System. This week, NASA announced more than 5,000 exoplanets. Its quite the leap from the discovery of an odd set of planets around a dead star… [+10151 chars]

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