— -- Astronomers on Monday reported the discovery of an Earth-like planet outside the solar system whose size and distance from its own star put it in the "habitable" zone and make for a surface ...

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Astronomers rarely get a chance to crack open a planet and see what’s inside, but in two cases a star is doing the job for them, and they’re using that opportunity to understand what makes solar ...