April 26, 2009
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Second Earth Detected?
Close! We have detected the smallest exoplanet in human history…and its been done from ground based observatories. Gliese 581 e has all the right properties that make it an earthlike world candidate, but lets not forget that Venus too has an earth-like mass. Unlike the planets that Kepler will be searching over 3,000 light years away, Gliese 581 e is “only” 20 light years away. For the full story visit:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,517271,00.html
