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Astronomers spy mini-planet smaller than Mercury beyond our solar system

A handout photo released on February 19, 2013 by Nature shows two of the three planets orbiting Kepler-37 that are smaller than the Earth while the third is twice Earth's size. (AFP)

Astronomers on Wednesday said they had found the smallest planet ever spotted beyond our Solar System, a scorched and uninhabitable mini-world tinier than Mercury. The planet is the innermost of three that orbit a Sun-like star called Kepler-37, named after the Kepler telescope, which was launched in 2009 with the…

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