Has COROT found another Earth?
Two new exoplanets and an unknown celestial object are the
latest findings of the COROT mission. These discoveries mean
that the mission has now found a total of four new exoplanets.
More at:
http://www.esa.int/esaSC/SEM9E91YUFF_index_0.html
Not only is one of the objects a mystery in terms of being
unable to yet determine if it is a brown dwarf, a small star,
or a really unusual planet, but another one of the exoplanets
found by COROT may be only 1.7 times more massive than
Earth! The next smallest exoplanet I know of is 5 times
more massive than our planet.