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New Telescope Hunts for Earth Sized Planets

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Old Dec 27, 2006, 02:05pm Default New Telescope Hunts for Earth Sized Planets
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TENxOXR writes "The French-led Corot mission has taken off from Kazakhstan on a quest to find planets outside our Solar System. The space telescope will monitor about 120,000 stars for tiny dips in brightness that result from planets passing across their faces. The multinational mission will also study the stars directly to uncover more about their interior behavior."</img>


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