Exoplanets Are As Plentiful As Weeds

By Ben • infographics, science, space • 3 Mar 2013

"NASA's Kepler mission has already found more than 100 planets, along with strong hints of thousands more. Stars across the sky ought to be similarly laden with planets. A recent study indicated that each star hosts, on average, 1.6 planets. Exoplanets, as these strange worlds are called, are as plentiful as weeds—they crop up wherever they can."

Clicking on the graphic will take you to the SciAm website where you can play around with their interactive graphic.

Exoplanets as of Sept. 9, 2012

from Exoplanet Discoveries to Date Are Just a Drop in the Bucket

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