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Nearby exo-earth family withstands extreme scrutiny


September 13, 2016

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Astronomers combined the power of the NSF-funded, 8-meter Gemini South telescope in Chile with an extremely high-resolution camera to scrutinize the star TRAPPIST-1, located in a planetary system only 40 light years away. Gemini South's telescope imaging, the highest-resolution images ever taken of the star, revealed no additional stellar companions, providing strong evidence that three small, probably rocky planets orbit this star.Full Story

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