id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt news-004073 Microlensing technique reveals small, rocky extrasolar planet | News | Notre Dame News | University of Notre Dame .html text/html 837 31 50 Because OGLE-BLG-390Lb is only the third planet detected using gravitational microlensing and because the method has already revealed a small, rocky body, the researchers believe that there is a strong probability that rocky planets may be even more common than gas-giant ones. While incredibly effective, existing technology using radial velocity can only find large, Jupiter-like planets or smaller planets that orbit too close to the their host stars to sustain life. cache/news-004073.html txt/news-004073.txt