Astronomers Spotted 3 Habitable Planets Just 40 Light Years Away

THIS could get interesting…

Could this be one of the best new areas to search for extraterrestrials?  Some think yes.  And once again from the team at ESO they made an incredible discovery.  Exoplanets have gotten a lot of attention in astronomy within the last few years and these three new planets that they spotted are amazing:

Astronomers using the TRAPPIST telescope at ESO’s La Silla Observatory have discovered three planets orbiting an ultracool dwarf star just 40 light-years from Earth. These worlds have sizes and temperatures similar to those of Venus and Earth and are the best targets found so far for the search for life outside the Solar System. They are the first planets ever discovered around such a tiny and dim star. The new results will be published in the journal Nature on 2 May 2016.

Let’s find out more about what this could mean for the search for extraterrestrials on page 2

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