2 New Planets Found............

For the 1st time ever, 2 planets have been found crossing in front of the same star.
According to a NASA release, data about a sun-like star, Kepler-9, taken from the Kepler spacecraft has reveled transit signatures of 2 planets. The planets have been called Kepler-9b and 9c.
Planets are so far away from Earth that scientists cannot simply look into a telescope and see 1 directly. 1 way that scientists can find planets is through the action of transiting. When a planet passes in front of a star — or transits — it causes the light from the star to dim. Scientists measure these dips in light, and the frequency of these dips, to determine the mass of the planet and how far away it is from its Sun.
"Using transit-timing variations, astronomers have a new tool for confirming some planetary systems much more efficiently than before," University of Florida astronomer Eric Ford, a member of the team reporting the results, told the Christian Monitor.
Kepler uses a precise camera to measure these dips. Data collected from the first 43 days identified over 700 possible planets, according to the NASA release.