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Potentially Habitable Super-Earth Found Just 25 Light-Years Away

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GJ 3378b, a super-Earth 25 light-years away, has been refined from an estimated 5.3 Earth masses down to 2.3 Earth masses, making it far more likely to be rocky and potentially habitable—and placing it among the most Earth-like exoplanets known in the solar neighborhood.

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