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Jan. 11 (Bloomberg) — Astronomers have discovered the three smallest planets ever found beyond the solar system, and the smallest is the size of Mars, according to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Using data from NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope to observe flickers from a star called KOI-961, the scientists discovered planets about .78, .73, and .57 times as large as Earth, the agency said in a press release.

All three planets are probably rocky, like Earth, though they are too close to their star to have liquid water. Their orbit takes less than 2 days. The star is a red dwarf, the most common kind of star in the Milky Way, and is one-sixth the size of the sun. The finding suggests there could be similar rocky planets all over the galaxy, scientists said in the statement.

“Astronomers are just beginning to confirm thousands of planet candidates uncovered by Kepler so far,” said Doug Hudgins, who is a Kepler program scientist at NASA’s headquarters in Washington, in the statement. “Finding one as small as Mars is amazing Replica Tag heuer watches, and hints that there may be a bounty of rocky planets all around us.”

The Kepler spacecraft was launched in 2009 to find habitable planets. In February 2010 Fake Rolex watches for sale, the mission identified 1,235 planets, about 68 or which are Earth-sized and about 54 of which are in the habitable zone, which isn’t too hot or cold for life. Five planets are both Earth-sized and in the habitable zone.

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By Thomas Biesheuvel

July 19 (Bloomberg) — Rough diamond price gains may slow in the second half of the year after surging in the first six months on rising demand from China and India, according to Johan Dippenaar Fake Rolex watches for sale, the chief executive officer of Petra Diamonds Ltd.

“We will probably see a six month period of consolidation while people take stock,” he said in a telephone interview today. “We’ve seen prices perform well and it’s on the back of real demand.”

Prices of rough, or unpolished, gems jumped more than 49 percent in the first six months, building on two straight annual gains of more than 30 percent, according to WWW International Diamond Consultants Ltd. Prices have advanced as mine operators struggle to meet Chinese and Indian demand after slashing output during the global financial crisis.

China has surpassed Japan as the second-largest buyer of diamonds, behind the U.S., which consumed about 38 percent of world output last year, according to De Beers, the biggest gem producer. China and Japan each represented 11 percent of diamond jewelry demand last year, with India at 10 percent Fake Rolex watches for sale, it said. U.S. demand grew 7 percent, while in India it expanded 31 percent and in China by 25 percent, De Beers said.

“Supply will remain tight and that in itself will underpin pricing,” Petra’s Dippenaar said.

Petra, based in Hamilton, Bermuda, said annual sales rose 24 percent as prices increased. Gross mine revenue climbed to $220.6 million in the 12 months through June from $177.7 million a year earlier, the company said in a statement.

Petra expects to complete the purchase of the Finsch diamond mine in South Africa from De Beers in the “coming weeks,” Dippenaar said. Buying the mine will help Petra more than double last year’s production of 1.1 million carats, he said.

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