Scientists find a 'super-Earth' that could harbour life and 60 more planets
Astronomers have found 60 new planets near our own – and many of them could hold life.
A team of international scientists found a further 54 potential planets, meaning that in all the researchers might have discovered a full 114 planets.
And at least some of those might be like Earth, and able to support life, the researchers have said.
One of the exoplanets was a hot "super-Earth" that has a rocky surface and is found in the fourth nearest star system to our own. That planet, known as Gliese 411-b, could suggest that all the stars near our own sun have planets orbiting them – and as such that those too might be like Earth and have the conditions for supporting alien life.
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