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Jul 5th: Several Kepler Planets Turn Out to be Small Stars
Using updated stellar measurements based on new data from the Gaia mission, three (and possibly four) Kepler exoplanets are actually small stars, but it’s unlikely new calculations will reveal many more such issues.
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