article_snippet.sent: Nasa has spotted an exoplanet 13,000 light-years away, making an exoplanet one of the most distant planets ever found.
article_snippet.sent: Astronomers have spotted one of the most distant planets ever found.
article_snippet.sent: Most of the planets we know about are around 10-100 times closer .
article_snippet.sent: Most of the planets we know about are around 10-100 times closer than Ogle-2014-BLG-0124, claims Jennifer Yee of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. '
article_snippet.sent: The planet was dicovered via microlensing which happens when one star passes in front of another, and one star gravity acts as a lens to magnify the more distant star's light .
article_snippet.sent: Knowing the distance allowed the scientists also to determine the mass of a planet, which is about half that of Jupiter. '
highlights_snippet.sent: Most of the planets we know about are around 10-100 times closer .
  