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'Ultracool' dwarf star hosts three potentially habitable Earth-sized planets just 40 light-years away

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imageImagined view from the surface of one of the newly discovered planets, with ultracool dwarf star TRAPPIST-1 in the background.ESO/M. Kornmesser, CC BY

The search for Earth-like planets – and life – beyond the solar system has long been the stuff of science fiction and fantasy. But today’s ground and space telescopes,...

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