HALF OF KEPLER’S GIANT EXOPLANET CANDIDATES ARE FALSE POSITIVES: STUDY

A team of astronomers followed up on 129 huge potential exoplanets spotted by Kepler using a ground-based telescope and found that 52 percent of the objects are actually stars, while another 2 percent are strange “failed stars” known as brown dwarfs.

Half of Kepler’s Giant Exoplanet Candidates Are False Positives: Study