KEPLER'S TOP FIVE FINDS
7 years, 3 months ago

KEPLER'S TOP FIVE FINDS

Daily Mail  

Launched in 2009, the Kepler telescope has helped in the search for planets outside of the solar system. Kepler-452b, dubbed 'Earth 2.0', shares many characteristics with our planet despite sitting 1,400 light years away. The object shares many characteristics with our planet despite sitting 1,400 light years away. 2) The first planet found to orbit two stars Kepler found a planet that orbits two stars, known as a binary star system, in 2011. Kepler spotted the system in 2016, but scientists revealed the find in a series of papers released in February this year 3) Finding the first habitable planet outside of the solar system Scientists found Kepler-22b in 2011, the first habitable planet found by astronomers outside of the solar system.

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New planet in our solar system? Scientists find hidden body 5-7 times size of Earth that orbits Sun in 20,000 years
2 months, 3 weeks ago

New planet in our solar system? Scientists find hidden body 5-7 times size of Earth that orbits Sun in 20,000 years

Live Mint  

Astronomers believe that our solar system may still hold surprises, with ongoing efforts to find a hidden ninth planet, often referred to as Planet Nine or Planet X. The Kuiper Belt, a vast region of icy objects left over from the solar system’s formation, extends far beyond Neptune and is home to Pluto and other dwarf planets. Astronomers believe that …

Nasa creates history with discovery of 6 new planets outside Solar System
8 months, 1 week ago

Nasa creates history with discovery of 6 new planets outside Solar System

India Today  

Nasa has announced the discovery of six new worlds, pushing the total number of confirmed planets beyond our solar system to 5,502. FINDING SIX NEW PLANETS The newly discovered exoplanets showcase a diverse range of characteristics. These discoveries employed various detection methods, including the radial velocity technique, which measures stellar wobble caused by orbiting planets, and the transit method, which …

Astronomers discover new six-planet system
1 year, 3 months ago

Astronomers discover new six-planet system

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. This discovery is going to become a benchmark system to study how sub-Neptunes, the most common type …

Astronomers find seven planets being 'fried' by their star
1 year, 4 months ago

Astronomers find seven planets being 'fried' by their star

The Hindu  

In our solar system, little rocky Mercury is the planet orbiting closest to the sun, perpetually fried by solar radiation seven times more intense than what we experience on Earth. Astronomers using data obtained by NASA's now-retired Kepler space telescope have identified seven planets orbiting a star in our Milky Way galaxy, with all of them suffering the wrath of …

Astronomers find rare planet circling two stars like Star Wars’s Tatooine
1 year, 9 months ago

Astronomers find rare planet circling two stars like Star Wars’s Tatooine

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Planets that orbit around both stars at once are part of what are called circumbinary systems, in …

NASA's Kepler discovers trio of exoplanets in final days of decade-long mission
1 year, 9 months ago

NASA's Kepler discovers trio of exoplanets in final days of decade-long mission

Hindustan Times  

A team of astrophysicists and citizen scientists have identified a trio of exoplanets, which may have been some of the last planets that NASA's retired Kepler space telescope observed over its nearly decade-long mission. Working with Visual Survey Group, a collaboration between citizen scientists and professional astronomers working on data from several space missions, Incha and her team scanned the …

Mighty Discovery: The alien planet that is 13 times more massive than Jupiter
1 year, 9 months ago

Mighty Discovery: The alien planet that is 13 times more massive than Jupiter

Firstpost  

A team of international scientists led by an Indian professor at Ahmedabad’s Physical Research Laboratory has detected an exoplanet that has the highest known density so far. “The discovery of this massive exoplanet was made using the indigenously made PRL Advanced Radial-velocity Abu-sky Search spectrograph at the 1.2 m telescope of PRL at its Gurushikhar Observatory in Mt. Earlier, NASA’s …

Two potentially habitable planets discovered in our backyard. They are Earth-like
2 years, 3 months ago

Two potentially habitable planets discovered in our backyard. They are Earth-like

India Today  

For decades the field of astronomy has been centered around the question, is there another Earth out there? An international team of astronomers has found two planets that have Earth-like masses and are orbiting a red dwarf star. What's interesting is that it's not far from our solar system, just 16 light-years away, and both planets are in the habitable …

7 planets orbiting TRAPPIST-1 may be made of similar stuff
4 years, 2 months ago

7 planets orbiting TRAPPIST-1 may be made of similar stuff

India TV News  

The seven rocky planets orbiting the the red dwarf star TRAPPIST-1 have remarkably similar densities, which provides clues about their composition. The seven TRAPPIST-1 planets possess similar densities -- the values differ by no more than three per cent. The difference in density between the TRAPPIST-1 planets and Earth and Venus may seem small - about eight per cent - …

Scientists find two dozen ‘superhabitable’ exoplanets located over 100 light-years away
4 years, 5 months ago

Scientists find two dozen ‘superhabitable’ exoplanets located over 100 light-years away

Firstpost  

Looking among the 4,500 known exoplanets, 24 planets were shortlisted that ranged from anywhere between five billion years and eight billion years old. In a study led by Washington State University9WSU) geobiologist Dirk Schulze-Makuch, two dozen exoplanets have been identified that are “super habitable” for living beings. They looked among the 4,500 known exoplanets and shortlisted those that range from …

First ever picture of a multiplanetary system like our own released
4 years, 8 months ago

First ever picture of a multiplanetary system like our own released

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Scientists have released the first ever picture of a solar system like our …

Astronomers discover two super-Earth exoplanets, orbiting a star, 11 light-years away
4 years, 8 months ago

Astronomers discover two super-Earth exoplanets, orbiting a star, 11 light-years away

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A group of astronomers working on the Red Dots project observed the star using the European Southern Observatory in Chile for three months. Astronomers have discovered two super-Earth exoplanets that are orbiting a star 11 light-years away from Earth. The report added that a group of astronomers working on the Red Dots project observed the star using the European Southern …

Scientists reveal planet 'most similar to Earth' found by NASA's Kepler
4 years, 11 months ago

Scientists reveal planet 'most similar to Earth' found by NASA's Kepler

India TV News  

Using reanalysed data from NASAs Kepler space telescope, a team of scientists has discovered an Earth-size exoplanet orbiting in its star's habitable zone, the area around a star where a rocky planet could support liquid water. "This intriguing, distant world gives us even greater hope that a second Earth lies among the stars, waiting to be found," said Thomas Zurbuchen, …

Star system 30-light-years from Earth stumps astronomers, defies past theories about planet formation
5 years, 5 months ago

Star system 30-light-years from Earth stumps astronomers, defies past theories about planet formation

Firstpost  

Scientists think a second planet also orbits the star, and a third, that was ejected from the system billions of years ago. Scientists are expressing surprise after discovering a solar system 30 light-years away from Earth that defies current understanding about planet formation, with a large Jupiter-like planet orbiting a diminutive star known as a red dwarf. The star, called …

Second exoplanet found around a curious star
5 years, 7 months ago

Second exoplanet found around a curious star

CNN  

CNN — Astronomers have discovered a second exoplanet hiding out in an intriguing star system. In 2009, the star was discovered to be orbited by a giant gas planet dubbed Beta Pictoris b. The planet is seven times more massive than Jupiter and orbits its star at the same distance as Saturn orbits our sun, though Beta Pictoris b orbits …

Stunning video maps out all of the 4,000 exoplanets discovered by NASA
5 years, 8 months ago

Stunning video maps out all of the 4,000 exoplanets discovered by NASA

Daily Mail  

The Kepler mission has spotted thousands of exoplanets since 2014, with 30 planets less than twice the size of Earth now known to orbit within the habitable zones of their stars. Kepler-452b, dubbed 'Earth 2.0', shares many characteristics with our planet despite sitting 1,400 light years away. 2) The first planet found to orbit two stars Kepler found a planet …

Two Earth-like planets discovered around dwarf star
5 years, 9 months ago

Two Earth-like planets discovered around dwarf star

Hindustan Times  

Scientists have discovered two new Earth-like planets around one of the closest stars within our galactic neighbourhood. The planets are located only 12.5 light years away orbiting the Teegarden star - a red dwarf in the direction of the constellation of Aries The planets are located only 12.5 light years away orbiting the Teegarden star - a red dwarf in …

NASA's TESS planet-hunter discovers first Earth-sized exoplanet 53 light-years away
5 years, 11 months ago

NASA's TESS planet-hunter discovers first Earth-sized exoplanet 53 light-years away

Firstpost  

The exoplanet is about 23 times the Earth’s mass, while the host star is 80% our Sun’s mass. NASA’s latest planet-hunting probe has discovered its first Earth-sized exoplanet orbiting a star 53 light-years away. “It’s so exciting that TESS, which launched just about a year ago, is already a game-changer in the planet-hunting business,” said Johanna Teske, Carnegie Institution for …

First exoplanet Kepler spotted by NASA's space telescope finally confirmed
6 years ago

First exoplanet Kepler spotted by NASA's space telescope finally confirmed

India TV News  

First exoplanet Kepler spotted by NASA's space telescope finally confirmed The exoplanet known as Kepler-1658 b is a massive hot Jupiter that whips around its star every 3.85 days, said researchers from the University of Hawaii in the US. Ten years after it was launched, the first exoplanet candidate spotted by NASA's Kepler space telescope has finally been confirmed as …

NASA Kepler's first exoplanet discovery ten years ago now confirmed as a real world
6 years ago

NASA Kepler's first exoplanet discovery ten years ago now confirmed as a real world

Firstpost  

The exoplanet Kepler-1658b is a massive ‘hot Jupiter’ that whips around its star every 3.85 days. The exoplanet known as Kepler-1658 b is a massive hot Jupiter that whips around its star every 3.85 days, said researchers from the University of Hawaii in the US. “Our new analysis, which uses stellar sound waves observed in the Kepler data to characterize …

Kepler’s first exoplanet has been confirmed, 10 years after discovery
6 years ago

Kepler’s first exoplanet has been confirmed, 10 years after discovery

CNN  

CNN — Ten years after the Kepler Space Telescope launched and revolutionized exoplanet discovery, Kepler-1658 b has finally been confirmed as the first exoplanet that the mission ever detected. Then, University of Hawai’i graduate student Ashley Chontos focused her first year graduate research project on re-analyzing host stars of Kepler planet candidates. “We alerted Dave Latham and his team collected …

‘Goodnight, Kepler’: NASA’s Planet-Hunting Telescope Has Finally Run Out Of Fuel
6 years, 4 months ago

‘Goodnight, Kepler’: NASA’s Planet-Hunting Telescope Has Finally Run Out Of Fuel

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING NASA is saying “goodnight” to its pioneering Kepler telescope, which a few months shy of its 10th birthday but years past its expected lifespan, has finally run out of fuel. After spending nine years in deep space and revealing that our galaxy🌀 contains more planets 🔵⚫️🔴 even than stars ✨, NASA's Kepler space telescope has run out …

NASA’s Kepler mission has come to an end
6 years, 4 months ago

NASA’s Kepler mission has come to an end

CNN  

CNN — NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope has run out of fuel, and its mission has come to an end 94 million miles from Earth, the agency announced Tuesday. Chris Smith /NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center This artist's illustration depicts the rocky exoplanet GJ 486 b, which orbits a red dwarf star located 26 light-years away from Earth. Patricia Klein/MPIA This …

Four giant planets around young star discovered
6 years, 5 months ago

Four giant planets around young star discovered

India TV News  

Scientists have identified a young star with four Jupiter and Saturn-sized planets orbiting it, the first time that so many massive worlds have been detected in such a system. The star was already known to be remarkable because it contains the first so-called hot Jupiter -- a massive planet orbiting very close to its parent star — to have been …

A moon the size of NEPTUNE that orbits a giant planet 8,000 light-years away
6 years, 5 months ago

A moon the size of NEPTUNE that orbits a giant planet 8,000 light-years away

Daily Mail  

Astronomers have found evidence of the first moon to exist beyond our solar system. The gargantuan 'exomoon' is similar in size to the gas giant Neptune and orbits a planet 8,000 light years away called Kepler-1625b. It is the most powerful telescope ever built and the researchers observed the entire 19-hour journey of Kepler 1625b in front of its star …

More than 100 new exoplanets found as scientists hunt for 'second Earth'
7 years, 1 month ago

More than 100 new exoplanets found as scientists hunt for 'second Earth'

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Scientists have found almost 100 new planets outside our solar system. The worlds …

WHAT IS THE KEPLER TELESCOPE?
7 years, 1 month ago

WHAT IS THE KEPLER TELESCOPE?

Daily Mail  

The Kepler mission has spotted thousands of exoplanets since 2014, with 30 planets less than twice the size of Earth now known to orbit within the habitable zones of their stars. Kepler-452b, dubbed 'Earth 2.0', shares many characteristics with our planet despite sitting 1,400 light years away. 2) The first planet found to orbit two stars Kepler found a planet …

Potential for life is higher than ever on TRAPPIST exoplanets, researcher says
7 years, 1 month ago

Potential for life is higher than ever on TRAPPIST exoplanets, researcher says

CNN  

Story highlights New findings about the exoplanets include radii, density and water content TRAPPIST-1e is the most similar to Earth CNN — A year after the discovery of seven Earth-size planets orbiting a star 40 light-years from Earth was announced, astronomers are revealing more details about the potentially habitable exoplanets. “We have here seven temperate and probably water-rich terrestrial planets, …

Trappist 1: Planets in Nasa's 'holy grail' solar system could support life, scientists say
7 years, 2 months ago

Trappist 1: Planets in Nasa's 'holy grail' solar system could support life, scientists say

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Two planets in a solar system that looks like ours could be habitable, …

Five-Exoplanet System Discovered, Thanks to Citizen Scientists
7 years, 2 months ago

Five-Exoplanet System Discovered, Thanks to Citizen Scientists

India Today  

Researchers have discovered the presence of a fifth planet in the family of four planets orbiting a distant star. The planet, named K2-138f, is one-tenth the distance that Earth is to the Sun and is one of the most closely packed planetary systems known to date. The planets, all rocky, range in size from 1.6 to 3.3 times the radius …

Artificial intelligence finds solar system with 8 planets like ours
7 years, 3 months ago

Artificial intelligence finds solar system with 8 planets like ours

Live Mint  

Miami: A solar system with as many planets as our own has been discovered with the help of NASA’s Kepler space telescope and artificial intelligence, the US space agency said. “Our solar system now is tied for most number of planets around a single star,” NASA said in a statement on Thursday. “The Kepler-90 star system is like a mini …

Yet another solar system with 8 planets discovered by NASA's AI
7 years, 3 months ago

Yet another solar system with 8 planets discovered by NASA's AI

India Today  

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration on Thursday, December 14, announced that "our solar system now is tied for most number of planets around a single star, with the recent discovery of an eighth planet circling Kepler-90, a Sun-like star 2,545 light years from Earth." Our @NASAKepler mission's search for new planets teamed with machine learning to discover another solar …

Eight planets found orbiting distant star, NASA says
7 years, 3 months ago

Eight planets found orbiting distant star, NASA says

CNN  

Story highlights For the first time, eight planets have been found orbiting Kepler-90 It is tied with our solar system for a star hosting the most known planets CNN — For the first time, eight planets have been found orbiting a distant star, Kepler-90, 2,545 light-years from Earth in the Draco constellation, NASA announced Thursday. But Google Artificial Intelligence – …

Google's AI helps NASA make latest discovery through Kepler space telescope
7 years, 3 months ago

Google's AI helps NASA make latest discovery through Kepler space telescope

India TV News  

Google's latest artifical intelligence has helped US space agency NASA make its latest discovery using its planet-hunting Kepler space telescope. NASA's Kepler space telescope has gazed at more than 150,000 stars and continues to transmit back data that leads to important discoveries of celestial objects in our galaxy, including first-time observations of planets outside our solar system. Thanks to Kepler's …

NASA has discovered hundreds of potential new planets — and 10 may be like Earth
7 years, 4 months ago

NASA has discovered hundreds of potential new planets — and 10 may be like Earth

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. "We have taken our telescope, and we have counted up how many planets are similar …

NASA's Kepler telescope used to identify 20 new potentially habitable exoplanets
7 years, 4 months ago

NASA's Kepler telescope used to identify 20 new potentially habitable exoplanets

Firstpost  

Scientists, using data from NASA’s Kepler telescope, have discovered 20 new potentially habitable exoplanets that may host alien life. Some take a relatively long time to complete a single orbit, with the longest taking 395 Earth days. The exoplanet with a 395-day year is one of the most promising worlds for life on the list, said Jeff Coughlin, part of …

Researchers find hidden stars that may make planets appear smaller than they actually are
7 years, 8 months ago

Researchers find hidden stars that may make planets appear smaller than they actually are

Firstpost  

Researchers have found that hidden stars may make planets appear smaller than they actually are, complicating the search for Earth-like planets. A system of two closely orbiting stars may appear in images as a single point of light, even from sophisticated observatories such as NASA’s Kepler space telescope. “Our understanding of how many planets are small like Earth, and how …

NASA's Kepler discovers 10 new Earth-sized, potentially habitable planets
7 years, 9 months ago

NASA's Kepler discovers 10 new Earth-sized, potentially habitable planets

ABC  

NASA's planet-hunting telescope has found 10 new planets outside our solar system that are likely the right size and temperature to potentially have life on them. "It implies that Earth-size planets in the habitable zone around sun-like stars are not rare," said Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb, who was not part of the work. It is too early to know how …

NASA’s Kepler mission finds 219 exoplanets, 10 Earth-size
7 years, 9 months ago

NASA’s Kepler mission finds 219 exoplanets, 10 Earth-size

CNN  

Story highlights Kepler has now identified 4,034 planet candidates, with 2,335 confirmed as exoplanets Ten of the planets are potentially rocky and similar to the size of Earth CNN — The NASA Kepler mission has discovered 219 more exoplanets, including 10 Earth-size planets, program scientist Mario Perez said Monday at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California. This new data from …

Kepler analysis finds 219 additional exoplanet candidates, including 10 similar to Earth
7 years, 9 months ago

Kepler analysis finds 219 additional exoplanet candidates, including 10 similar to Earth

LA Times  

Are we alone in the universe? On Monday, mission scientists said the most sophisticated and comprehensive analysis of Kepler data yet added 219 exoplanet candidates to the list of thousands already discovered by the telescope. “It’s an important question for us, ‘Are we alone?’” said Mario Perez, Kepler program scientist in the astrophysics division at NASA. In this most recent …

NASA astronomers figure out the intricate dance of exoplanets in the TRAPPIST-1 system
7 years, 10 months ago

NASA astronomers figure out the intricate dance of exoplanets in the TRAPPIST-1 system

Firstpost  

In February 2017, NASA announced the exciting discovery of seven earth sized planets in orbit around an ultracool dwarf star forty light years away. Three of the exoplanets in the TRAPPIST-1 system were in the habitable zone of the star, with conditions suitable for liquid water to exist on the surface. The raw data from Kepler was released to the …

The 7 TRAPPIST planets: All you want to know about our sister solar system
8 years ago

The 7 TRAPPIST planets: All you want to know about our sister solar system

India Today  

NASA recently discovered the existence of a neighbouring star system called TRAPPIST-1 with seven Earth-sized, rocky planets that might be able to support life. a year of TRAPPIST-1c would be 2.42 days long The planet orbits at a distance of 0.015 AU, which is 5.83 times the average Earth to Moon distance TRAPPIST-1c is about 1.06 times Earth's radius and …

Exoplanet discovery: Five facts you didn't know about Nasa’s new solar system
8 years ago

Exoplanet discovery: Five facts you didn't know about Nasa’s new solar system

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Nasa's announcement of the discovery of a new solar system including …

Nasa's discovery of 7 earth-sized exoplanets is a significant step in the search for alien lifeforms
8 years, 1 month ago

Nasa's discovery of 7 earth-sized exoplanets is a significant step in the search for alien lifeforms

Firstpost  

In a remarkable step towards answering the question “Are we alone in the universe”, astronomers have spotted a nearby star with seven Earth-size planets. In a remarkable step towards answering the question “Are we alone in the universe”, astronomers have spotted a nearby star with seven Earth-size planets which could harbour liquid water, key to life as we know it, …

Exoplanet discovery: Watch to know more about inside world of Trappist-1 star and its orbiting planets
8 years, 1 month ago

Exoplanet discovery: Watch to know more about inside world of Trappist-1 star and its orbiting planets

Firstpost  

Nasa’s Spitzer Space Telescope has found seven Earth like exoplanets in orbit around a single ultracool white dwarf star. Three of the planets were initially identified as the exoplanets most suitable for life as we know it on Earth, by an international team of astronomers last year. The weather on these worlds would be more extreme than those on Earth, …

Exoplanet discovery: Seven Earth-like planets orbiting Trappist-1, but exactly what is an exoplanet?
8 years, 1 month ago

Exoplanet discovery: Seven Earth-like planets orbiting Trappist-1, but exactly what is an exoplanet?

Firstpost  

Seven Earth-like planets orbiting a small star in our Galaxy called Trappist-1, revealed Wednesday, are the most recent — and arguably the most spectacular — in a string of exoplanet discoveries going back 20 years. Paris: Seven Earth-like planets orbiting a small star in our Galaxy called Trappist-1, revealed Wednesday, are the most recent — and arguably the most spectacular …

Exoplanet discovery: Nasa telescope finds seven Earth sized exoplanets around a single star
8 years, 1 month ago

Exoplanet discovery: Nasa telescope finds seven Earth sized exoplanets around a single star

Firstpost  

Nasa’s Spitzer Space Telescope has found seven Earth like exoplanets in orbit around a single ultracool white dwarf star. Spitzer, Hubble and Kepler will all be used to help Nasa scientists plan for follow-up observations using the James Webb Space Telescope which will launch in 2018. The James Webb Space Telescope can detect signs of water, methane, oxygen, ozone and …

7 Earth-size worlds found orbiting star, could hold life[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn
8 years, 1 month ago

7 Earth-size worlds found orbiting star, could hold life[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn

China Daily  

An artist's depiction shows the possible surface of TRAPPIST-1f, on one of seven newly discovered planets in the TRAPPIST-1 system that scientists using the Spitzer Space Telescope and ground based telescopes have discovered according to NASA, in this illustration released February 22, 2017. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - For the first time, astronomers have discovered seven Earth-size planets orbiting a single …

Alien solar system of seven Earth-sized planets orbiting nearby dwarf star could be rich with water and life
8 years, 1 month ago

Alien solar system of seven Earth-sized planets orbiting nearby dwarf star could be rich with water and life

ABC  

Seven Earth-sized planets, many of which could harbour life, have been discovered orbiting a dwarf star in our own galactic neighbourhood. Key points: System of seven planets orbiting a dwarf star 40-light years away contains the most Earth-sized planets ever seen The inner six of these planets are rocky like Earth Three or more could harbour oceans of water on …

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