NASA's ongoing Kepler missions have provided the space station with an astounding number of newly discovered planets. The Kepler mission brought in about 1,284 new planets in total, being the largest number of verified planets to date.
NASA Washington Headquarters chief scientist Ellen Stofan said on a report that "This announcement more than doubles the number of confirmed planets from Kepler, This gives us hope that somewhere out there, around a star much like ours, we can eventually discover another Earth."
On an observation mid-2015, about 4,302 potential planets were discovered but was immediately trimmed down to 984 after tedious research and verification. Thus the discovery of 1,284 new planets is a huge percentage than first predicted, NY Times reported.
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