A fresh analysis of data from gravitational microlensing surveys for planets orbiting stars other than the Sun finds that gas-giant planets similar to Jupiter are more common than previously thought.
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Chambers, J. More giants in focus. Nature 467, 405–406 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/467405a
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