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Kepler Discovers Earth-Sized Exoplanets

Subject: Kepler Discovers Earth-Sized Exoplanets
From: NASA Science News <snglist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:43:14 -0500

NASA Science News for Dec. 20, 2011

NASA's Kepler spacecraft has found two Earth-sized planets orbiting a distant sun-like star. These alien worlds are intermingled in their star system with other much larger planets, an arrangement which challenges orthodox ideas of how planets are formed.

FULL STORY at http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2011/20dec_earthsized/

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