http://cache.io9.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/io9.com.png http://io9.com/tag/data feed http://io9.com/tag/data feed

While most of us have our eyes on Mars at the moment, there's a special class of astronomers who have their telescopes trained on planets a little bit farther away. Actually, a lot farther away - completely outside our solar system, in fact. We've found almost 300 extrasolar planets (or exoplanets) so far, and the search continues. Here are some surprising facts about planets that are way, way out there. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=393259&view=rss&microfeed=true