Three earth-sized planets in newly discovered solar system could support life

Life may have evolved on at least three planets in a newly discovered solar system just 39 light years from Earth, scientists believe.

Three earth-sized planets in newly discovered solar system could support life

Life may have evolved on at least three planets in a newly discovered solar system just 39 light years from Earth, scientists believe.

Astronomers have detected no less than seven Earth-sized worlds orbiting a cool dwarf star known as TRAPPIST-1.

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