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There's An 'Earth-Like' Planet With An Atmosphere Just 39 Light-Years Away
There are a lot of good reasons to be captivated by the exoplanet GJ 1132b. Located in the constellation Vela, it's a mere 39 light-years from Earth - just a hop, skip and a jump in galactic terms. It's similar to Earth in terms of size and mass, and it dances in a close-in orbit around its star, a dimly burning red dwarf.
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Venus-Like Planet Found 39 Light Years Away
Astronomers have discovered a new Venus-like rocky exoplanet 39 light years away, which may be cool enough to potentially host an atmosphere.
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There's a New Earth-Size Planet in the Neighborhood (Galactically Speaking)
The yeoman work of NASA's Kepler Space Telescope has revealed our Milky Way galaxy to be lousy with planets - surely tens of billions of them, if you extrapolate from what Kepler has detected so far in a small patch of the sky.
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There's An 'Earth-Like' Planet With An Atmosphere Just 39 Light-Years Away
There are a lot of good reasons to be captivated by the exoplanet GJ 1132b. Located in the constellation Vela, it's a mere 39 light-years from Earth - just a hop, skip and a jump in galactic terms. It's similar to Earth in terms of size and mass, and it dances in a close-in orbit around its star, a dimly burning red dwarf.
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Venus-Like Planet Found 39 Light Years Away
Astronomers have discovered a new Venus-like rocky exoplanet 39 light years away, which may be cool enough to potentially host an atmosphere.
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There's a New Earth-Size Planet in the Neighborhood (Galactically Speaking)
The yeoman work of NASA's Kepler Space Telescope has revealed our Milky Way galaxy to be lousy with planets - surely tens of billions of them, if you extrapolate from what Kepler has detected so far in a small patch of the sky.
