Hundreds of billions of planets are out still there, say experts

THE sky is filled with “hundreds of billions” of unknown planets, according to a study.

Hundreds of billions of planets are out still there, say experts

The international research involving astronomers at the University of St Andrews suggests only a “tiny” fraction of planets have been discovered.

Six years of data was collected and analysed, along with Nasa information from its Kepler mission. Researchers used a network of telescopes across the southern hemisphere, from Tasmania and Western Australia to South Africa and Chile, to observe the skies.

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