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NASA Finds 5000 Exoplanets, And They All Sound Very Strange

NASA has announced the discovery of dozens of new exoplanets, pushing the total number to more than 5,000. Exoplanets are planets that lie outside this solar system.

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA JPL) has confirmed the discovery of more than 5,000 exoplanets in a cosmic milestone that it claims marks a new scientific high point.