![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080917102135im_/http://nsf.gov/images/x.gif) News From the Field Astonomers Find Tiny Planet Orbiting Tiny Star
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June 2, 2008
![artist's conception new planet](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080917102135im_/http://nsf.gov/news/other_images/small_planet_l.jpg) | An international team of astronomers led by David Bennett of the University of Notre Dame has discovered an extrasolar planet of about three earth masses orbiting a star with a mass so low that its core may not be massive enough to maintain nuclear reactions. Full story |
Source University of Notre Dame See also: NSF News Release ![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080917102135im_/http://nsf.gov/images/bluefadesm.jpg)
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