2 Additional Distant Planets Are Found
From Times Wire Reports
Two more planets orbiting distant stars have been discovered by astronomers, bringing to 17 the number of worlds known to exist beyond Earth’s solar system. Experts at the national meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Austin, Texas, estimated that about 2% of the billions of sun-like stars near and in the Milky Way galaxy may host planets. Astronomers are mounting an increasingly active campaign to find them. None of the 17 planets are Earth-like or are apt to harbor life. The planets more closely resemble Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system. They range in size from about half that of Jupiter to about 11 times bigger.
