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NASA is announcing that they have found 7 Earth-like planets in orbit around TRAPPIST-1, a small star 39 light years away. The planets were discovered using the Spitzer space telescope and they are reporting that the planets are all much closer to one another than the planets of our own solar system, so much so that they would appear large like our moon does for us and would have gravitational affects on one another. They are also announcing that three of the planets are within the habitable "Goldilocks zone" where liquid water would be possible if it were present. They don't have much information on the compositions of the planets' atmospheres yet though.
Thoughts? Hopes?
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Thoughts? Hopes?
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