What is the newest planet descovered??
I don’t know the name of the most recent discovered planet, but I encourage you to keep reading. The article below from Space.com elaborates on the many new discoveries and the techniques used by astronmers to find them. Astronomers have struggled for centuries to find our solar system’s planets, let alone any outside of our relatively puny cosmic neighborhood. Yet during only the past 13 years, observers have tracked down nearly 300 distant bodies beyond our system thanks to rapid advances in ground-based telescope technology and methods. Ten worlds alone were identified by a group of astronomers in the past six months using earthbound instruments, and another team of scientists just announced they have found the youngest-ever planetary infant. The hunt for the first Earth-like planet, however, is still on. Observers discussed the state of their search for extrasolar planets, as worlds beyond the solar system are known, during the Royal Astronomical Society’s National Astronomy Meetin
