Astronomers discover 200 new planets in 2022

Astronomers discovered more than 200 new planets during 2022, bringing the total of known exoplanets to more than 5,235 exoplanets. Many of these planets have been discovered using various space exploration missions, such as the Atacama Large Millimeter or Submillimeter Array in Chile and the James Webb Telescope (JWST).

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Interestingly, of these 200 new planets and nearly 5,000 exoplanets, only about 4% are thought to be rocky worlds like Earth and Mars. Exoplanets have a wide variety of worlds in terms of composition and characteristics, while some are small and rocky similar to Earth.

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“We started the year with fewer than 5,000 confirmed exoplanets. In total we have discovered 5,235 new known planets. About 4% are rocky planets like Earth or Mars,” NASA wrote via a Twitter account quoted by SINDOnews’ NDTV page on Monday (2/1/2022).

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