Tuesday, 3 May 2016

Three Earth-like planets discovered orbiting dwarf star

Three Earth-like planets discovered orbiting dwarf star

For the first time, researchers have discovered three potentially habitable, Earth-like worlds orbiting an ultracool dwarf star 40 light-years away in another star system, according to a study published in the journal Nature. The ultracool dwarf star, known as TRAPPIST-1, isn't the kind of star scientists expected to be a hub for planets.

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