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From phys.org - October 17, 2012 10:28 AM
(Phys.org)—European astronomers have discovered a planet with about the mass of the Earth orbiting a star in the Alpha Centauri system—the nearest to Earth. It is also the lightest exoplanet ever discovered around a star like the Sun.

 

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http://phys.org/news/2012-10-earth-sized-planet-solar.html