Three New Jupiter-Sized Planets Discovered

You know the science of planet hunting is getting mainstream when there’s very little fanfare for the discovery of 3 new extrasolar planets with the size of Jupiter. 3 new planets people! They’re named WASP-3, WASP-4, WASP-5, and were discovered by a European team of astronomers using observatories in South Africa and the Canary Islands.
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