/sci/ - Science & Math

>>3964171
I bet you'd shit yourself if you played SpaceEngine.

>>3827269
>First, we have barely found an planets at all outside of our solar system, period. They're extremely difficult for us to find.
Difficult to find, yes. Barely found any? What the fuck?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kepler_%28spacecraft%29
>On 2 February 2011, the Kepler team announced the results from the data of May to September 2009. They found 1235 planetary candidates circling 997 host stars, more than twice the number of currently known exoplanets. The Kepler results included 68 planetary candidates of Earth-like size and 54 planetary candidates in the habitable zone of their star. The team estimated that 5.4% of stars host Earth-size planet candidates and 17% of all stars have multiple planets. As the mission continues, additional longer period candidates continue to be found - as of September 2011, there were 1781 candidates.[15]