Astronomers have found 7 Earth-size planets circling a dwarf star — and they might harbor life

NASA/JPL-Caltech TRAPPIST-1, a red dwarf star 39-light-years away from us, has seven Earth-size planets orbiting it. It’s likely that all of these worlds are rocky and may possibly harbor liquid water. Red dwarf stars are the most abundant type of star in the Milky Way galaxy. In the future, telescopes might be able to detect […]