Some planets have turned out to be nearly as small as the Moon, while others are several times the size of Jupiter
The truth is out there, but when it comes to the search for other planets beyond our Solar System the truth has turned out to be far stranger than science fiction.
Scientists looking for habitable “exoplanets” similar to Earth are astounded by the shear range and diversity of the weird worlds orbiting distant stars – some shining like diamonds, others as black as coal.
“We are finding an absolutely enormous range of planet types. It has come as quite a surprise,” said William Borucki of Nasa’s Ames Research Centre in Moffat Field, California, the principal investigator on the Kepler Mission to find habitable planets beyond our Solar System.
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