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Fascinating - the first exoplanet was discovered in 1988, and now there are more than 2.000 known ones [1]. Plus, for all we know, there may be billions more to
by f_allwein 10y ago
Fascinating - the first exoplanet was discovered in 1988, and now there are more than 2.000 known ones [1]. Plus, for all we know, there may be billions more to discover [2]. Even though we're never going to reach one in our lifetimes, these are still interesting times to live in...
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exoplanet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exoplanet
[2] http://phys.org/news/2016-04-limits-uniqueness.html http://phys.org/news/2016-04-limits-uniqueness.html
- billforsternz 10y agoI don't think there is any doubt whatsoever there are billions more to discover, in this galaxy alone. And then of course there are billions of galaxies.