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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
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....