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On Tuesday, NASA's Kepler mission reportedly verified over 1,284 new planets, which is the single largest finding of planets to date.
据报道，国家航空航天局开普勒太空望远镜发现系外行星，数量超1284个，这也是迄今为止单一发现次数最多的一次。
Ellen Stofan, chief scientist at NASA Headquarters in Washington, said in a statement,
宇航局华盛顿总部首席科学家艾伦·斯多芬在声明中指出，
"This announcement more than doubles the number of confirmed planets from Kepler.
这使得开普勒证实的行星数量增加了一倍以上。
This gives us hope that somewhere out there, around a star much like ours, we can eventually discover another Earth.”
在外太空中，我们有希望找到与地球类似行星。
Analysis for the report was performed on the Kepler space telescope’s July 2015 planet candidate catalog, which identified 4,302 potential planets.
2015年7月，开普勒发现了4302颗潜在行星目录，科学家对该报告进行了分析。
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