One step closer to finding life: Riverina astrophysicist | Videos

By Shane Manning
February 23 2017 - 7:00pm
This illustration shows the possible surface of TRAPPIST-1f, one of the newly discovered planets in the TRAPPIST-1 system. Scientists using the Spitzer Space Telescope and ground-based telescopes have discovered that there are seven Earth-size planets in the system. Picture: NASA/JPL-Caltech
This illustration shows the possible surface of TRAPPIST-1f, one of the newly discovered planets in the TRAPPIST-1 system. Scientists using the Spitzer Space Telescope and ground-based telescopes have discovered that there are seven Earth-size planets in the system. Picture: NASA/JPL-Caltech

A Riverina astrophysicist says the discovery of seven planets with Earth-like environments is another step closer to discovering we are not alone in the universe.

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