According to reports at BBC News and a dozen other outlets this morning, Hubble has discovered as many as 100 new planets orbiting stars within our galaxy. If this proves out, Hubble will have done nearly as much planet finding in about a week, as all other approaches have done in the last decade.
This study strongly suggests planets are quite common around sun-like stars. Wow!
Hubble and her research teams have done some amazing work. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that NASA won't let her die before her time.
Posted by asa at July 2, 2004 06:03 AMI'm a bit skeptical, unless it is about planets that revolve in a very short time around their stars.
Posted by: alfons on July 2, 2004 07:32 AMDo we know how big these planets are?
Posted by: dolphinling on July 2, 2004 01:02 PMVery interesting news indeed, hopefully the robotic repair mission idea being pitched to NASA will gain momentum from this news.
Posted by: Jude Cooks on July 3, 2004 07:04 AM