A star within the Big Dipper, 47 Ursae Majoris, is believed to host a planet a little larger than Earth. It could have a warm and watery surface ideal for life based on its orbit around the star. New planets are being found almost monthly, based on new gravitational measurements and characteristic wobbles of the stars. Another planet was found orbiting the star 70 Virginis, in the Constellation Virgo. Unlike Earth, many newly found planets orbits are an elongated oval, rather than a near-perfect circle. Thanks to AP by Paul Recer.

George A. Filer
"Two new planets Found"
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