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Kepler Discovers First Earth-Sized Exoplanets

Posted by Soulskill on from the romulus-and-remus dept.

ananyo writes "NASA's Kepler telescope has reached one of its major mission milestones: finding an Earth-sized planet outside the Solar System. What's more, it has done it twice in the same star system. Whizzing around the star Kepler-20, about 290 parsecs (946 light-years) from Earth, is not only an Earth-sized planet, but also something just a touch smaller — a Venus."

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  1. Re:Remember the good ol' days by chill · · Score: 5, Funny

    Um, what? What exactly do you think Johannes Kepler was, a washing machine?

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  2. 290 Parsecs! by Java+Pimp · · Score: 5, Funny

    Damn that's fast!

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