A University of Hawaii astronomer is part of a team that has discovered a "super-Earth" using a creative approach to make up for a mechanical glitch aboard the star-gazing Kepler spacecraft. The newfound planet is 2 1⁄2 times the size of Earth.
Stargazers Turn Attention To Newfound 'super-earth'
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