Friday, 31 July 2015

NASA's Spitzer Confirms Closest Rocky Exoplanet

This artist's conception shows the silhouette of a rocky planet, dubbed HD 219134b

Using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, astronomers have confirmed the discovery of the nearest rocky planet outside our solar system, larger than Earth and a potential gold mine of science data.





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