Hunting for Earth 2.0: NASA finds 715 new planets

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NASA today announced the discovery of 715 planets orbiting 305 stars, revealing multi-planet systems much like our own solar system.

Four of these newly verified planets are in their sun’s habitable zone, a distance from a star where the temperature is conducive to the planet’s having water in liquid form. With water, it’s possible these four planets could potentially hold life.

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