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Press Release

Release No.: 2006-11For Release: Monday, January 30, 2006
Most Milky Way Stars Are Single
extrasolar planet
This artist's conception shows a rocky planet orbiting around a red dwarf star. Such planets may be more common than astronomers realized, since single red dwarfs are the most abundant stars in the galactic disk.
Credit: European Southern Observatory
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