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Contact: Christine Pulliam
cpulliam@cfa.harvard.edu
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Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Caption: This artist's conception shows the newly discovered super-Earth GJ 1214b, which orbits a red dwarf star 40 light-years from our Earth. It was discovered by the MEarth project -- a small fleet of ground-based telescopes no larger than those many amateur astronomers have in their backyards.
Credit: David A. Aguilar, CfA
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