NASA's Kepler Telescope discovers 172 new exoplanet candidates in bizarre systems

NASA has presented a catalog of exoplanets that includes 172 new candidates along with 18 new possible multi-planet systems. Discovered using Kepler Telescope’s exoplanet-detection system, se new candidates are a new dition to catalog which could reveal secrets of varieties of exoplanets and ir formation. According to NASA, existence of over 2,800 have been confirmed and ar 3,250 candidate planets await ir confirmation.

NASA’s Kepler detects bizarre exoplanets

Despite retirement of first Kepler mission and limitations of Kepler’s second mission (K2), scientists have been able to detect hundreds of new potential exoplanets. Owing to said missions, NASA has stumbled upon some bizarre planetary systems located in deep . Detailing about ir discovery, ncy revealed about  EPIC 249559552 planetary system, which is 650 light-years away and is composed of two smaller Neptune-like planets that revolve around a yellow-white, Sun-like star. Interestingly, a strong gravitational influence in system makes inner planet do five orbits for every two by outer planet.

Kepler's findings also revealed ar bizarre system, dubbed  EPIC 249731291, where a sun completely different from our sun resides and hosts two gas giants. planets in system located 3,500 light-years from Earth are orbiting extremely close to its sun, something which could reveal important clues about how planets form, and how y migrate from different orbits during long lives of planetary systems. 

According to NASA, this new catalog has taken total count of planet candidates to 747, in which 57 potentially are multi-planet systems. se findings will help scientists in ir demographic studies, where y would find certain exoplanets having similar characteristics, ir frequency of occurrence in universe and relation between such exoplanets. "Such an exoplanet “census” could reveal patterns in how planetary systems form, and how y change over time, including giant gas planets migrating from distant orbits into closer orbits around ir stars. Some planet s might be found more frequently around certain s of stars, such as red-dwarfs, or yellow stars like our Sun", NASA said in its statement. In dition to this, new catalog also offers scope for more revelations about  formation patterns for galaxy as a whole. 

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