[OT] Smaller Extra-Solar Planets Found

FYI:
(from http://www.msnbc.com/news/388117.asp)

Planet quest crosses new threshold				
Two newly detected worlds may be smaller than Saturn	
By Alan Boyle <mailto:alan.boyle@msnbc.com> MSNBC
  March 29 - Planet-hunting pioneers have entered a new frontier,
reporting
that they've detected two planets that may be smaller than Saturn,
circling
stars like our own. The discoveries represent a major step toward the
"Holy
Grail" of finding other worlds like Earth, experts said.	

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Brian Bell
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