Newly-noticed exoplanet may be the Earthiest yet

Overlooked in the Kepler data and discovered by a citizen scientist, HD 137010 b is one of the most interesteing exoplanets yet observed. Check out A Cool Earth-sized Planet Candidate Transiting a Tenth Magnitude K-dwarf From K2, published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters. — Read the rest

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