Jason Steffen, an astrophysicist at Fermilab, recently authored one of the studies reporting the discovery of 41 total planets discovered by NASA’s Keplar mission. The mission itself was created to discover planets in the so-called “Goldilocks zone” around a star where planets may have liquid water. This is the largest discovery of planets in a single sweep ever made. Continue reading here.

Jason Steffen of Fermilab has published an independent paper confirming the discovery of the planets Keplar found in one sweep. This is the first time a large amount of planets has been discovered at one time.