kef writes:
"NASA's Kepler mission has doubled the number of known planets outside of our solar system. In what can only be described as a "bonanza", 715 new planets have been reported thanks to the Kepler space telescope's planet-hunting mission. Using a new method for verifying potential planets led to the volume of new discoveries from Kepler, which aims to help humans search for other worlds that may be like Earth."
(Score: 5, Informative) by Sir Garlon on Thursday February 27 2014, @11:04AM
I infer that 961 was the count before these last 715 were verified. (961+715 = 1676 ~ "nearly 1700") But yeah, author of TFA was playing fast and loose with his/her wording and that obfuscates what should otherwise be a pretty straightforward distinction.
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