USA TODAY – Newly discovered network of planets could harbor water and life, scientists say
This week, USA TODAY spoke to many astronomy professors, including BU’s Philip Muirhead, about the recent discovery of a cluster of seven potentially habitable planets.
‘The new herd of planets circles a tiny dim bulb of a star called TRAPPIST-1, which shares its name with the Belgian-operated telescope that discovered some of the planets…
“Of all the planets we’ve found, this has risen to the top as the most exciting (for) the potential of studying habitability,” says Boston University’s Philip Muirhead, who was not involved with the study.’
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