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Dusty disc may mean other Earths

source: BBC | Dec 01, 03 | submitted by Ryan

Edinburgh, Scotland - Astronomers say they have evidence for Earth-like planets orbiting a nearby star, making it more like our own Solar System than any yet discovered.

The star, Vega, is one of the brightest in the sky, only 25 light-years away.

It is three times larger than our Sun and, at 350 million years old, much younger as well.

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