New 'super-Earth' found
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6589157.stm
It's over 20 light-years away, but only 1.5 times size of Earth, and orbits close to its dim-bulb star (Gliese 581), inside the system's region where liquid water is a possibility, and life (as we know it) might exist. Certainly, this is one of the most fascinating astronomical discoveries yet!
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