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Astronomers announce discovery of a "Super-Earth" exoplanet - GJ 251 c - in the habitable zone of a red dwarf star 22 light years away


The discovery of a possible “super-Earth” less than 20 light-years from our own planet is offering scientists new hope in the hunt for other worlds that could harbor life, according to an international team including researchers from Penn State.

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