Space
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Newly Identified Planet Bucks Planetary Trends
Located a mere 70 light-years from Earth, astronomers have uncovered the identity of a planet roughly twice the diameter of our own planet and a little less than eight time its mass. Orbiting a star named HD 97658, the neighbor falls in a class of planets known as super-Earths.
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