Solar system of seven Earth-sized planets ‘could include worlds with life’

An extraordinary solar system of seven Earth-sized planets orbiting a dwarf star could include at least three worlds on which life may have evolved, scientists believe. The cool dim star, known as TRAPPIST-1, can be considered a close neighbour since it is only 39 light years away. Six of its “exoplanets” lie in a temperate […]

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An asteroid to pass by so close to Earth that we’ll see it in the sky

DON’T worry, we aren’t about to go extinct like the dinosaurs. That said, a 30-meter wide asteroid will be passing Earth so close early next month that we might be able to see it in the sky, NASA has announced. And it might even hit Earth at some point in 2017. 2013 TX68 will either […]

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