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May 04, 2016

Three Earth-sized planets
San Diego CA (SPX) May 04, 2016
An international team of astronomers composed of UC San Diego astrophysicists has discovered three Earth-sized planets orbiting near the "habitable zone" of an ultracool dwarf star, the first planets ever discovered around such a tiny and dim star. The discovery is detailed in a paper published this week in the journal Nature. The planets are so close to Earth - only 40 light years away - that astronomers should eventually be able to study in greater detail the composition of each of the planets a ... read more

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