NASA spots tiny Earth-like planet, too hot for life

Monday, January 10, 2011 - 17:01 in Astronomy & Space

NASA has spotted a tiny, rocky planet about the size of Earth doing a speedy orbit of a star outside our solar system, but its scorching temperatures are too hot for life, the space agency said Monday.

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