Nearby "Super Earth" May Have Atmosphere

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday December 16, 2009 @12:43PM from the smell-of-a-super-earth-in-the-morning dept.

Luminary Crush writes "Astronomers announced that they have discovered a 'super-Earth' which seems to have an atmosphere orbiting a red dwarf star 40 light-years from Earth. They found the distant planet with a small fleet of ground-based telescopes no larger than those many amateur astronomers have in their backyards. Although the super-Earth is too hot to sustain life, the discovery shows that current, ground-based technologies are capable of finding almost-Earth-sized planets in warm, life-friendly orbits."

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This is news? No, this is newsmongering. by dov_0 · 2009-12-16 15:25 · Score: 1, Insightful

If they find out that it does actually have an atmosphere, that is news. Until then, we do not have a news story here...

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