Terrestrial (Rocky) Planet Discovered

KilgoryTrout writes "A 'super-Earth' planet was identified in orbit around mu Arae, a star 50 light years away. It orbits at 2 AUs and surface gravity is 14gs. Two gas giants have been detected in orbit about the star. Space.com's article suggests that it is a failed gas giant's rocky core."

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[FlipmodePlaya]

Well, you also have nuts claiming that civilizations are thriving on the Moon, Mars, comets, etc as we speak. Nuts turning a hill into a monumental statue of a face, and sand dunes into a canyon sized glass worm. No matter what happens, we can assume there will be people whose preachings deviate from the obvious. It's best just to ignore them.