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04/12/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Scientists discover 15 new planets, including one “super-Earth” that could harbor liquid water

Fifteen new planets were confirmed to be orbiting red dwarf stars near our solar system. As per a report that appeared in Science Daily, one of the newly-discovered worlds is a super-Earth that could have liquid water. The new exoplanets were located by researchers from the Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech). Under the aegis of […]

01/30/2018 / By Earl Garcia

The search for Earth II: Three new French telescopes are searching the stars for another planet like ours

The European Southern Observatory (ESO) announced that a French-led project, known as Exoplanets in Transits and their Atmospheres (ExTrA), may help space experts better observe the night sky for signs of Earth-like planets through three new telescopes installed at the La Silla Observatory in northern Chile. According to ESO, the new telescopes were designed to monitor the night sky to […]

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