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February 23, 2017

Astronomers discover seven potentially habitable Earth-size exoplanets around a nearby dwarf star

by Larra Morris

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NASA has announced the discovery of seven potentially habitable Earth-size exoplanets around the ultra-cool red dwarf TRAPPIST-1, the most ever discovered around a single star. Three of the planets fall within the star’s habitable zone but the other four could also have liquid water given the right conditions.
via Laughing Squid

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