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Archive Home > 2008 > May > 31 > Earth-like planet is detected

Earth-like planet is detected

By Robert S. Boyd / The Bulletin
May 31, 2008

WASHINGTON — Astronomers have discovered what may be the smallest alien planet yet — a rocky “super-Earth” only four times heavier than our home planet.

It’s orbiting a small star at a distance that puts it in the so-called “habitable....

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