>>>>Announcement about kepler probe findings coming up
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>>>>http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/news/releases/2010/10-72AR.html
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>>>The planets (possible earth-like), photos, etc were all on the news this morning....
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>>Can you send me a link to that ?
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>>I was aware of this http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11070991 but thats news from ground based observatorys. I assumed the Kepler news might be a different story.
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>I guess I didn't pay close enough attention. On the news, they reported multiple intriguing earth-like planets and used this graphic (I guess it was a lead-in to today's announcement):
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>http://kepler.nasa.gov/
>http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/08/26/nasa.planet.hunt/?hpt=Sbin
>http://blogs.nationalgeographic.com/blogs/news/breakingorbit/2010/08/new-solar-system-planets-harps.html
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>Competition arise: this one (not Kepler) is interesting too:
>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38833299/ns/technology_and_science-space/


So far most of the planets discovered have been very large and very near their suns. It'll be interesting to see if Kepler has managed to find something more earth like.