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17Dec/090

Super-Earths

A PLANET orbiting a nearby star is the best candidate yet for an alien world made almost entirely of liquid water. The discovery suggest that "super-Earths" are a much more diverse bunch than we suspected.

Super-Earths weigh up to 10 times as much as our planet. They may be among the most common types of planet in the Milky Way, and some could turn out to be cosy places for life. Around a dozen have been found, but for the most part, astronomers have been unable to pin down their properties because they don't pass in front of, or transit, their host stars as seen from Earth. Transits reveal a planet's size, allowing its density and composition to be inferred.

via Alien planet could be ultimate water world - space - 16 December 2009 - New Scientist.

Looks like supermans home has been found. LOL

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