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Article: 9 new planets discovered orbiting stars outside Earth's solar system
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- August 8, 2000
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9 new planets discovered orbiting stars outside Earth's solar
system
Finding of multiple bodies around one sun suggests life possible,
researchers say
By JILL LAWLESS
Associated Press
Tuesday, August 8, 2000
London -- Scientists trying to connect the dots that make up the
universe filled in key pieces of the puzzle Monday, announcing the
discovery of nine new planets that orbit stars outside our solar
system.
Scientists say the discoveries provide further evidence that the
Earth and its neighbors may not be as special as we like to think,
boosting the potential for life elsewhere in the universe.
One of the so-called exoplanets is known to be the second planet
orbiting a single star. It was ...