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According to Charbonneau, the eight telescopes surveyed red dwarf stars looking for periodic faintness, a signal that a planet has crossed in front of its star, blocking out a small portion of the star's light...

Author: By Tara W. Merrigan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: BRIEF: Harvard Researchers Discover 'Super-Earth' | 12/24/2009 | See Source »

...completely unexpected to find something in the first six months,” Charbonneau said. “We expected to find a planet maybe three years out, so this was really exciting...

Author: By Tara W. Merrigan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: BRIEF: Harvard Researchers Discover 'Super-Earth' | 12/24/2009 | See Source »

Zachory K. Berta, a graduate student at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics who first spotted the hint of the planet among the data, said that the telescopes used in the project are "no more advanced than what a sophisticated amateur would have...

Author: By Tara W. Merrigan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: BRIEF: Harvard Researchers Discover 'Super-Earth' | 12/24/2009 | See Source »

...characterize the planet's atmosphere, Charbonneau said that he will need a space-based instrument like NASA's Hubble Space Telescope...

Author: By Tara W. Merrigan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: BRIEF: Harvard Researchers Discover 'Super-Earth' | 12/24/2009 | See Source »

...case in point is the mass planting of a eucalyptus species in India a couple of decades ago that turned out to be disastrous for water levels in some areas. Properly done, the tree bank of the globe will bloom and so will the prospects for our polluted planet. Bhaskar Ganti Kanpur, India...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 12/21/2009 | See Source »

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