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Discovery of distant planet offers hope for future finds closer to Earth The discovery of a new planet by astronomers from institutions worldwide offers greater hope that researchers can eventually find planets that are closer in distance and size to Earth.The new planet is one of the most distant ever discovered, at roughly 15,000 light years from Earth, and is about three to five times the size of Jupiter. It is the second planet discovered in the last year through a method known as gravitational microlensing, which allows astronomers to detect changes in the brightness of a star if a planet passes before it.
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