Here is a link to a paper by David Charbonneau et al. "A super-Earth transiting a nearby low-mass star" http://arxiv.org/abs/0912.3229 http://arxiv.org/abs/0912

Here is a link to a paper by David Charbonneau et al. "A super-Earth transiting a nearby low-mass star" http://arxiv.org/abs/0912.3229 http://arxiv.org/abs/0912.3229 It contains more details. And here is a page about the MEarth project http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/~zberta/mearth/ http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/~zberta/mearth/ ... it seems that some nocturnal animals also find the telescopes highly interesting ...