NASA Exoplanet Census Reaches 6,000 Confirmed Worlds, with 8,000 More Candidates and a Path Toward Earth-Like Planets
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NASA has confirmed about 6,000 exoplanets and thousands more candidates, revealing a wide diversity of worlds, with Dawn Gelino saying rocky planets may outnumber giants and Aurora Kesseli noting Gaia and the Roman Space Telescope will boost discoveries and enable microlensing studies, all aiming to find Earth-like planets and their biosignatures.
