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Kepler's STILL GOT IT! Space telescope spots SUPER-EARTH 180 light years away

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very similar to our own (comprising around three-fourths water and one-fourth rock

Which planet is that because it certainly is not the Earth, while the surface is quite wet and the crust too contains a fair bit of water the vast bulk of the planet is rock,

The density of the Earth is 5.513 g/cm3 if it was 3/4 water the rest would have to be about 19 g/cm3 which is roughly the density of gold. Is there something about the Earth we're not being told?

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