# The Planet-Finding Machine That Found 11,554 Candidates and Confirmed One

- slug: the-planet-finding-machine-that-found-11554-candidates-and-confirmed-one
- date: 2026-04-26
- category: Space & Aerospace

A Princeton team scanned 83.7 million stars and found 11,554 planet candidates — then spent telescope time confirming exactly one. The rest are signals, not worlds. Why the gap matters.

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