Science News for Kids » Debra Fischer http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org Publication of the Society for Science & the Public Wed, 22 May 2013 00:29:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 New planetary neighbor http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/11/new-planetary-neighbor/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/11/new-planetary-neighbor/#comments Mon, 05 Nov 2012 21:37:45 +0000 Stephen Ornes http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=14769 Astronomers have found that our closest stellar neighbor has an Earth-sized planet orbiting it. This illustration shows what the pair might look like. Credit: ESO

Nearest star system has a world that's Earthly in size, but too hot for human visitors]]> Astronomers have found that our closest stellar neighbor has an Earth-sized planet orbiting it. This illustration shows what the pair might look like. Credit: ESO

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