Kepler finds first double planet transiting system

The Kepler space mission has discovered two new Saturn-sized planets and a possible third planet one-and-a-half times bigger than Earth orbiting a star over 2,200 light years away in the constellation Lyra. The discovery also heralds the first time that it has been possible to measure the masses of planets using transit observations.

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