44 what?

One of 44   (Photo by Tripp155)

If you like swimming and boating, go to Fulton County, New York.  It is known as the “Land of 44 Lakes.”

If you prefer scanning the heavens, wondering what forms of life might be out there, then 44 could again be a lucky number.  That’s how many additional exoplanets “have been recently confirmed orbiting around their own suns.”

University of Tokyo students partnered with NASA and the European Space Agency to study these extrasolar planets.  Sixteen are somewhat Earth-sized, and four “orbit their host stars in less than 24 hours.”  Talk about time going by quickly!

Resources

https://www.newsmax.com/thewire/extrasolar-planets/2018/08/08/id/876036/

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