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PARIS (AFP) - European astronomers announced they had found a "super-Earth" orbiting a star some 50 light years away, a finding that could significantly boost the hunt for worlds beyond our Solar System.
The planet was spotted orbiting a Sun-like star, mu Arae, which is located in a southern constellation called the Altar and which is bright enough to be seen with the naked eye, they said....

 

[XS+]

And we all know what a 'Super' Earth inhabits..

 

[Deleted member 1235]

GIANTS

 

[Ripclawe]

New Jersey will protect us!

 

[Mama Smurf]

However, there is the tantalising question as to whether it lies within the "Goldilocks Zone" -- a distance from its star that is not too hot, not too cold, just right.

Hah.

 

[MrAngryFace]

'Super Earth' is really just a new name for a new class of Walmart.