St. Louis Science Center: Astronomy Fact Of The Day For May 7

St. Louis MO

09 May, 2022

7:28 AM

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Press release from St. Louis Science Center: May 7, 2022 There are eight planets in our solar system and over 5000 other planets discovered so far orbiting other stars. Many of these planets are gas giants similar to Neptune; however, nearly 200 of them are terrestrial. Learn more about the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) mission, which is working to detect these exoplanets, visit: https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/te... This press release was produced by St. Louis Science Center. The views expressed here are the author's own.