1,284 New Exoplanets, and Tsunamis on Mars! Using a new…

1,284 New Exoplanets, and Tsunamis on Mars! 

Using a new technique, astronomers with the Kepler space telescope have confirmed a whole bunch of new exoplanets. And other astronomers have announced that mega-tsunamis were probably involved in shaping Mars’ terrain.

Sources:

• http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/0004-637X/822/2/86/meta
• http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasas-kepler-mission-announces-largest-collection-of-planets-ever-discovered
• http://aasnova.org/2016/05/11/a-new-way-to-confirm-planet-candidates/
• http://nature.com/articles/doi:10.1038/srep25106

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