8 PLANETS DISCOVERED TO DATE

September 12, 1996
Source: USA Today
USA Today, 12 September 1996

After a year in which scientists discovered several apparent planets outside the solar system, an analysis shows that there may be many more to come. Hidden planets may be lurking around half the Milky Way galaxy's 100 billion stars, a new study suggests. Since last fall, at least eight stars have been found to have a telltale wobble that suggests they're being pulled around by orbiting planets - though some experts maintain that at least some of these orbiting bodies may be failed stars called brown dwarfs instead.

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