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Distant star TOI-700 has two potentially habitable planets orbiting it – making it an excellent candidate in the search for life

  • Written by Joey Rodriguez, Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University
Distant star TOI-700 has two potentially habitable planets orbiting it – making it an excellent candidate in the search for lifeThe TOI-700 star system is home to four planets, including two in its habitable zone that could host liquid water.NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

NASA recently announced the discovery of a new, Earth-sized planet in the habitable zone of a nearby star called TOI-700. We aretwo of the astronomers who led the discovery of this planet, called...

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