He believes it’s probably more likely a smaller, hotter Neptune or Uranus. As well as the significant number of exoplanets discovered, the analysis has also been praised for the amount of time in which it took to complete. Using existing tools developed at MIT, the researchers were able to quickly identify the new exoplanet candidates. And just weeks after the completion of the mission, that information was made public. Usually, that kind of analysis takes months, if not years to complete.