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Earth-Like Planets Are More Common Than Thought (via Planetsave)

  New research suggests that Earth-like planets can form in a much wider variety of star systems than previously thought. It had been thought rocky planets could only form around stars with a large amount of heavier elements, therefore excluding newer star-producing regions in the universe. The new…

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