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"...it shouldn’t be neglected that a rocky place with high water content, discovered through a transit of a ‘hot Neptune,’ is an exciting reminder that the essentials for life are likely widespre

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"Got that? We’re talking about mapping continents on planets around other stars, using equipment that could be within our capabilities soon."

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"...according to a new study led by the University of Colorado at Boulder and Pennsylvania State, solar systems with hot Jupiters may well harbor Earth-like planets covered with deep oceans."

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Score one for the amateurs and lo-fi freaks

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You wait for ages, then three turn up at once...extrasolar planets, that is.

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