"Godzilla of Earths" Discovered By Astronomers

Above, the Godzilla statue at Toho Studios. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Astronomers have discovered the "Godzila of all Earths" according to an article in The Japan Times.

Is it a planet populated by Godzilla-like creatures? No.

Here's what the article says:

WASHINGTON – Astronomers have spotted the “Godzilla” of all Earths, a huge rocky planet orbiting a star 560 light years away that is changing scientists’ understanding of the origins of the universe. 

This new mega-Earth weighs 17 times as much as our planet, and was found by NASA’s Kepler mission, experts said at a meeting in Boston of the American Astronomical Society. 

The new discovery, named Kepler 10c, is 18,000 miles (29,000 km) wide or 2.3 times the size of the Earth.

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