Alien Planet's Size Measured Like Never Before

Friday, July 25, 2014 - 06:30 in Astronomy & Space

Using observations by NASA's Kepler and Spitzer space telescopes, researchers determined that the exoplanet Kepler-93b is 1.48 times the size of Earth, allowing scientists to conclude that the planet is very likely composed of iron and rock.

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