From BBC News.

They're not yet confirmed by radial velocity observations, some of them might be small red dwarfs or grazing eclipses by larger stars.

__________________
Everything I need to know I learned through Googling.

On a related note...

Just wondering if there has been an official decision made by NASA about the Hubble. Last I heard they were considering writing it off, so to speak. Has this matter been resolved, and if so, has it been resolved in a manner favorable to said telescope? (Not to suggest the telescope itself cares one way or another...)

I hope it has. If my understanding is correct, the 'next generation Hubble' (which I can never remember the name of...) won't be up 'til the close of this decade or slightly later. Think in retrospect about all that Hubble has shown us about the universe. Then imagine such observations ceasing for a period of a few years. Think what might be discovered in the 'tween time between Hubble and its successor if Hubble is allowed to go under. Seems like a lost opportunity. Strike that, a MAJOR lost opportunity. Rambling...

Seriously, has there been a decision? (I need about 8 more hours in the day so I can keep up on a handful of topics I enjoy but never seem to have enough time for...astronomy being among them.)

__________________
"Night time is delight time, it's starlight time and it's the right time for me." -Brian Wilson

NASA won't send any astronauts to Hubble, administrator Sean O'Keefe is firm on this. They might send a robotic mission to keep Hubble alive, robotic mission is needed to deorbit the spacecraft anyway. But robots will not replace any instruments (for example WFPC2 with WFPC3), it would be too complicated mission and a failure would make Hubble useless.

Exactly. This is the most important reason to keep Hubble alive for a next few years.

Not to send astronauts, yes. To send robotic mission, no.

Actually, this is really a budget issue. Shuttle flights to the ISS won't be much safer than the missions to Hubble.

Attn.: Kullat Nunu

Hey, thank you for catching me up on the developments surrounding the Hubble telescope. I really hope the ol' beast can be maintained until its successor is deployed. I'm also woefully behind on the myriad of images that have come back from Hubble, but what I have seen is staggering in its beauty, revelatory nature and the general design/happenstance (I personally believe the former, but...) of the universe. Again, thanks!

__________________
"Night time is delight time, it's starlight time and it's the right time for me." -Brian Wilson