On a wing and a prayer, Canada's 'pay-per-view' satellite finds new planet

A suitcase-sized Canadian satellite whose funding has been eliminated by the Canadian Space Agency has co-discovered a new planet in another solar system. The MOST space telescope, just 65 centimetres wide and 25 deep, also confirmed the planet is 2.5 times bigger than Earth, and is probably mostly water or ice. The discovery comes just as the Canadian Space Agency […]

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