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SECOND EARTH   European astronomers said Monday that they had found what might be the best candidate for a “Goldilocks” planet yet: a lump of something about 3.6 times as massive as the Earth, circling its star at the right distance for liquid water to exist on its surface — and thus, perhaps, to host life, as we narrowly imagine it. The planet, known as HD 85512b, is about 36 light years from here, in the constellation Vela. (Artist rendering: M. Kornmesser / ESO via the New York Times)