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Rocky planets more common than thought

BBC: New evidence suggests more than half the Sun-like stars in the Milky Way could have similar planetary systems. "Our observations suggest that between 20% and 60% of Sun-like stars have evidence for the formation of rocky planets not unlike the processes we think led to planet Earth," he said. "That is very exciting."

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