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Astronomers discover Earth-like planet, say there may be more

The search for a home, away from home will never end. Even as we continue to live our sheltered lives on ...

February 04, 2012 / 09:30 IST

The search for a home, away from home will never end. Even as we continue to live our lives on planet Earth, there are people who continue to search for other habitable zones. Now, Time confirms that a team of astronomers from UC Santa Cruz, hailing from Germany, England, Australia and Chile have stumbled upon, what they're referring to as "super-Earth' planet, may just take us a step closer to finding an Earth-like planet. The discovered planet, called GJ667Cc was found orbiting a star in its vicinity. Not only that, astronomers have predicted that this may just be one among billions in the Milky W Way.Click here for full story

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first published: Feb 4, 2012 09:24 am

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