Super-sized Earth Discovered

Project OGLE (Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment) astronomers have detected a giant Earth-like planet orbiting a star some 9000 light years away. Using a technique known as gravitational microlensing, the team was able to detect the planet which is a much smaller size than more standard observing techniques. The planet is Earth-like only in as much as it is thought to be a rocky, terrestrial planet as Earth is. It’s -330° temperature makes its climate (thankfully) very different than Earth. Checkout CNN.com/SPACE for more details..