xkcd Updates Exoplanet Names Comic to Include Newly Discovered Exoplanets Like Kepler 452-b

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xkcd author Randall Munroe has updated his comic “Exoplanet Names” about suggested names for exoplanets to include some of the newly discovered exoplanets like Earth’s “older cousin,” Kepler 452-b, which Munroe would like to rename “Pluto.” The updated strip adds dozens of suggestions for names of exoplanets around more than a dozen stars.

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