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Astronomers discover clutch of 'super-Earths' (AFP)

NASA image taken in 2005 from the US spacecraft Messenger en route to the planet Mercury shows Earth. European astronomers say they have located dozens of giant planets in three distant solar systems. European astronomers say they have located dozens of giant planets in three distant solar systems.(AFP/NASA/File/Michael Benson)AFP - European scientists on Monday said they had located five 'super-Earths', each of them between four and 30 times bigger than our planet, in a trio of distant solar systems.


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