ST.
LOUIS — In their quest to find some place just like home, astronomers are
exploring a new family of planets beyond the solar system — orbs only a few
times heavier than Earth. Over the past three years, researchers have
discovered five superEarths, ranging from five to about 10 times the mass of
the Earth.
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