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.
