There is a triplet of Earth-sized planet candidates orbiting a star just 12 light-years away, a new study has found. And one appears to be in the habitable zone.
3 Earth-sized Planets Found Around One of Earth’s Nearest Neighbors
Aug 21, 2019 4:14 PMDec 23, 2019 12:08 AM
GJ 1061 is a cool red dwarf similar to the star TRAPPIST-1. This artist’s concept imagines a view from the surface of one of TRAPPIST-1’s multiple exoplanets. (Credit: M. Kornmesser/ESO)
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