Kepler telescope team finds 11 new solar systems

Thursday, January 26, 2012 - 18:30 in Astronomy & Space

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA's planet-hunting Kepler space telescope has found 11 new planetary systems, including one with five planets all orbiting closer to their parent star than Mercury circles the Sun, scientists said on Thursday.

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