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Could the ESA's PLATO Mission Find Earth 2.0?

y, 5,788 exoplanets have been confirmed in 4,326 star systems, while thousands more candidates await confirmation. So far, the vast majority of these planets have been gas giants (3,826) or Super-Earths (1,735), while only 210 have been "Earth-like" - meaning rocky planets similar in size and mass to Earth.

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