Wednesday 20 February 2013

NASA's Kepler finds exoplanet smaller than Mercury

NASA's Kepler finds exoplanet smaller than Mercury:
The planets of Kepler-37 compared to the Solar System's inner worlds (Image: NASA/Ames/JPL...
NASA’s Kepler space probe has discovered the smallest planet yet orbiting a Sun-like star. Dubbed Kepler-37b, the exoplanet orbits the star Kepler-37 about 210 light-years from Earth in the constellation Lyra. It’s only one-third the size of Earth and smaller than Mercury, which makes it not only the smallest planet yet found outside the Solar System, but the smallest planet ever discovered... Continue Reading NASA's Kepler finds exoplanet smaller than Mercury

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