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Earth-Like Planet Found Outside Our Solar System

posted April 24, 2007 - 8:38pm
Earth-Like Planet Found Outside Our Solar System

Astronomers have found a planet they are calling a "super-Earth" outside our solar system, a planet that has a temperate climate and may support life.

The planet, which was discovered by a telescope in Chile, has a radius 1.5 times that of Earth. It completes a full orbit of its star in only 13 days, and is 14 times closer to its star than the Earth is to our Sun.


Website: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6589157....
Author: Idlewild
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That's no moon....

Nick - Xomba CEO - Wed, 2007-25-4 9:25 am
BEN: That's no moon! It's a space station. HAN: It's too big to be a space station. LUKE: I have a very bad feeling about this.

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