Showing posts with label NASA Kepler. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NASA Kepler. Show all posts

Sunday, February 24, 2013

This is the smallest planet discovered outside our solar system so far

  NASA telescopes have discovered that, so far, is the smallest planet discovered outside our solar system, being part of something like a miniature planetary system. The planet is located in a system 210 light years from Earth and has been named Kepler-37b. As you can see in the image below comparative, the little planet is approximately equal to the size of the Moon, which indicates to what extent they are able to refine the systems current...