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July 30, 2012

Planet Smaller Than Earth Discovered By Spitzer Telescope

Newly-Discovered Exoplanet Not In Its Star's Habitable Zone

Astronomers using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have detected what they believe is a planet two-thirds the size of Earth. The exoplanet candidate, called UCF-1.01, is located a mere 33 light-years away, making it possibly the nearest world to our solar system that is smaller than our home planet.

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