Astronomers discover 7 Earth-like planets orbiting nearby star

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Astronomers have found at least seven Earth-like planets orbiting the same star 40 light-years away, according to a study published Wednesday in the journal Nature. The findings were also announced at a news conference at NASA Headquarters in Washington.

This discovery outside of our solar system is rare because the planets have the winning combination of being similar in size to Earth and being all temperate, meaning they could have water on their surfaces and potentially support life.


http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/22/world...discovery-nasa0622PMStoryLink&linkId=34774658
 
Traveling at 186,000 miles per SECOND, it would take 40 years to go for a visit.

Perspective.
 
This is awesome news. I didn't read Andy's particular link but I did read somewhere that the planets are so close in proximity, if you were standing on one planet, you could look up and see weather and geographical features on another.
 
This is awesome news. I didn't read Andy's particular link but I did read somewhere that the planets are so close in proximity, if you were standing on one planet, you could look up and see weather and geographical features on another.
That has to create gravity nightmares
 
39 Million Light Years Away - wow - that's pretty close - at the speed of light it would only take 39 million years to get there.

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