more planets..

[Sunn]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/default.stm


here

[interception]

How many of these gas giants have they found by now? 200 odd is it?

[MisterJingo]

At the moment planets are discovered through dimming of distant suns (their orbit occluding the sun). Larger planets (gas giants) create such a dimming, whereas the dimming caused by Earth-sized planets might not be noticible with our current technologies. The fact we are finding so many planets out there is a good sign there are many planets of many sizes.