Astronomers Find Earth-Size Worlds
Posted By Barry Ritholtz On December 21, 2011 @ 8:00 am In Science,Weekend | Comments Disabled
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Very cool scientific achievement in the search for habitable worlds: Scientists have discovered several planets of similar size to the earth orbiting a sun-like star:
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Using NASA’s Kepler space telescope, astronomers discovered two Earth-size planets orbiting a distant star–the smallest of all the thousands of alien worlds detected so far, Lee Hotz reports on the News Hub. Photo: NASA.
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Astronomers Spot Distant Earth-Size Planets [3]
ROBERT LEE HOTZ
WSJ, DECEMBER 21, 2011
online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204791104577110562687967308.html
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