Planets Abound (IMAGE)

California Institute of Technology

Planets Abound

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Caltech-led astronomers estimate that there are at least 100 billion planets in the Milky Way galaxy.

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NASA; ESA; Z. Levay and R. van der Marel, STScI; T. Hallas; and A. Mellinger

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