Potentially habitable planet size of Earth discovered 40 light years away
by Tory Shepherd from Science | The Guardian on (#6N1EH)
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An Australian university student has co-led the discovery of an Earth-sized, potentially habitable planet just 40 light years away.
Shishir Dholakia, a PhD candidate in astrophysics at the University of Southern Queensland, is part of an international team that published the discovery in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
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