The milestone highlights the accelerating rate of discoveries, just over three decades since the first exoplanets were found.

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NASA has confirmed 6,000 exoplanets, marking a major milestone in humanity’s quest to understand other worlds. From gas ...

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Scientists at the University of Reading are helping Nasa capture images of Jupiter using remore access to the Keck telescope.

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American space agency NASA announced this week the counter showing the number of confirmed exoplanets has now reached over ...

This brings us to the complexity of NASA's announcement. "Confirmed planets are added to the count on a rolling basis by ...

The official number of exoplanets—planets outside our solar system—tracked by NASA has reached 6,000. Confirmed planets are ...