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In search for life, more planet 'candidates' are found. Are any just right?

For a planet to support life, it faces long odds: It has to be the right size, right composition, and right distance from its star. On Monday astronomers announced a trove of new planet 'candidates.'
Kepler passes first test - ready to hunt for other Earths

By gauging the subtle differences in light given off by a planet 1,000 light-years away, it shows that it's up to the job.
Hunt for alien life to expand its scope

New, stronger telescopes could examine millions of stars within a generation.

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Scott Budnick works in the dining room as customers arrive for a free meal at the Mathewson Street Friendship Breakfast in Providence, R.I.

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Sunday breakfast at a Providence, R.I., church is more than a free meal. Half the volunteers are homeless themselves: 'It's their [own] breakfast that they're putting on.'

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In search for life, more planet 'candidates' are found. Are any just right?

Kepler passes first test - ready to hunt for other Earths

Hunt for alien life to expand its scope

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