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Default BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Smallest Earth-like planet found

"An international team of astronomers has found the smallest yet
Earth-like planet outside our Solar System.

The new planet has five times the Earth's mass and can be found about
25,000 light-years away, close to the centre of the Milky Way."

More at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4647142.stm

See also

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/01...est_exoplanet/

 




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