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A team of international scientists led by researchers from the Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias (IAC) has discovered two earth-like planets orbiting a red dwarf star that lies within the habitability zone of the star.
Astronomers discovered two Earth-like exoplanets orbiting a red dwarf near our solar system that orbit their star with respective years of just 10 and 21 days.
In the search for life on other planets, a couple of promising leads have just opened up: Astronomers have identified two worlds with Earth-like masses, sitting in the habitable zone around a red dwarf star called GJ 1002.