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• Earth-like Planets May Be More Common Than Once Thought (Science Daily)

  More than one-third of the giant planet systems recently detected outside Earth's solar system may harbor Earth-like planets, many covered in deep...
  2006-09-10 04:04:37

• Hubble's not the only telescope Earth will use to scope out space - St. Petersburg Times

  Cost: $520 million. Claim to fame: It will search the skies for distant planets, especially Earth-sized planets thought to be capable of...
  2009-05-31 06:53:00
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• Astronomers: We could find Earth-like planets soon - Times and Democrat

  ... finding planets like Earth orbiting other stars, a key step in determining if we are alone in the universe. A top...
  2010-01-09 10:47:00

• Astronomers Find Three Super-Earth Planets Near Barren Star (Wired News)

  European scientists discover three Earth-like planets revolving around a star 42 light-years away. However, the planets are much too hot to support...
  2008-06-16 06:22:13

• MIT aims to search for Earth-like planets with Google's help

  MIT scientists are designing a satellite-based observatory that they say could for the first time provide a sensitive survey of the entire...
  2008-03-25 12:00:00

• The hunt for planets like Earth is heating up (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)

  In something like a celestial land rush that began only 10 years ago, more than 50 teams of astronomers around the world...
  2006-10-15 04:09:46

• MIT aims to search for Earth-like planets with Google's help (PhysOrg)

  MIT scientists are designing a satellite-based observatory that they say could for the first time provide a sensitive survey of the entire...
  2008-03-21 11:47:55

• Could Earth-like planets exist? - Tulsa World

  WASHINGTON — Astronomers say they are on the verge of finding planets like Earth orbiting other stars, a key step in determining...
  2010-01-10 02:29:00
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