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NASA telescope may hunt for rocky planets around 'failed stars' May 29th 2013, 23:10 By Elizabeth HowellSpace.comNASA's Spitzer Space Telescope could be used to find Mars-size alien planets orbiting strange "failed stars" known as brown dwarfs, according to a new proposal by a multinational astronomy team.The group, led by a postdoctoral researcher at MIT, proposes to use the venerable observatory to find small, rocky exoplanets around brown dwarfs, which are larger than planets b... Media files: 1C7639841-bill-m--finkAC434328-594F-DF19-CBFA-AD8F5EACFB00.standard.jpg

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