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Earth's seven sisters [1]

Seven small planets whose surfaces could harbour liquid water have been spotted around a nearby dwarf star. If such a configuration is common in planetary systems, our Galaxy could be teeming with Earth-like planets.

Publication Date: 
23/02/2017
Ignas A. G. Snellen [2]
Nature [3]
542
421-423
Tags:
Physical Science [4], Astronomy [5], Planets [6]
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