Astronomers find a new planetary system close to Earth and are ‘optimistic’ there will be habitable worlds - The Independent

The star is only 33 light-years from our own planet, although the two worlds discovered so far are too hot to live on

Astronomers have found a new multiplanetary system just 33 light-years from our own planet. The system, now the closest known one to Earth, has two terrestrial planets orbiting a cool M-dwarf star, … [+3035 chars]

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