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An Earth sized planet has been discovered orbiting within the habitable zone of another star! A team of astronomers used NASAs Kepler Space Telescope to discover the first Earth sized planet, named Kepler-186f. It orbits a M class dwarf star, commonly called a red dwarf, a type star that makes up 70 percent of the stars in our Milky Way Galaxy. For more on this exciting discovery check out the link here: science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2014/17apr_firstearth/
Posted on: Thu, 17 Apr 2014 21:33:08 +0000

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