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Astronomers may have found a new Earth-size world, but there’s a twist

Astronomers are closing in on what looks like a rare prize: a world almost the size of Earth, circling a Sun-like star at a distance that gives it a familiar, year-long orbit. The candidate, known as ...
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NASA Finds Earth-size Planet Candidates in the Habitable Zone

Is our Milky Way galaxy home to other planets the size of Earth? Are Earth-sized planets common or rare? NASA scientists seeking answers to those questions recently revealed their discovery. “We went ...