5 Rocky Planets Found in Ancient, Distant Solar System

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5 Rocky Planets Found in Ancient, Distant Solar System

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Feb 2, 2015

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The oldest group of terrestrial worlds now known formed some 11.2 billion years ago, more than six billion years before our sun and planets. Clara Moskowitz reports

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Feb 2, 2015

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