An international team of astronomers hold discovered and confirmed a treasure trove of new worlds. The researchers achieved this extraordinary discovery of exoplanets by combining NASA's K2 mission data with follow-up observations by soil-based telescopes including the W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea,the twin Gemini telescopes on Maunakea and in Chile, the Automated Planet Finder of the University of California Observatories and the Large Binocular Telescope operated by the University of Arizona. The team confirmed more than 100 planets, and including the first planetary system comprising four planets potentially similar to soil. The discoveries are published online in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series.
Source: phys.org