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Discovery of New Earthlike Planet

wealth168 @wealth168 (409) • Singapore 26 Apr 07

A team of European astronomers had recently discovered a new planet which is five times as massive as the Earth. It is the smallest of the 200 or so planets that are known to exist outside our solar system and is about 20...

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New "Super Earth" found in Space

Rockmeister @Rockmeister (467) • United States 25 Apr 07

Astronomers have found a most Earth-like planet outside our solar system to date, a world which could have water running on its surface. The planet orbits the faint star Gliese 581, which is 20.5 light-years away in the...

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