After a six-billion mile space trip, a fiery plummet toward
Earth and a mid-air helicopter catch over the Utah desert, a
spacecraft carrying tiny pieces of the Sun should reach Houston
next month.
Scientists Discover First of a New Class of Extrasolar
Planets
Astronomers announced today the first discovery of a new class
of planets beyond our solar system about 10 to 20 times the size of
Earth - far smaller than any previously detected. The planets make
up a new class of Neptune-sized extrasolar planets.