An international team announced Monday the discovery of thirty-two planets outside Earth's solar system. The exoplanets (planets outside our solar system), were detected by a highly efficient Chilean telescope. The device used detects slight movements of stars responding to different tugs and pulls of exoplanet's gravity. This radial velocity method "has been the most prolific method in the search for exoplanets," stated by the European Southern Observatory.
The number of exoplanets found is now at 75, out of a possible 400 known, and they spread over 30 planetary systems.
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