NASA Discovers 7 Earth-Size Planets Orbiting Dwarf Star
Clip: 2/22/2017 | 9m 54sVideo has Closed Captions
A major discovery of distant planets that all could potentially harbor life.
Thomas Zurbuchen, head of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, announced that seven Earth-sized planets have been discovered orbiting a red dwarf star some 40 light years from Earth. We speak about the discovery with a local astronomer from the Adler Planetarium.
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NASA Discovers 7 Earth-Size Planets Orbiting Dwarf Star
Clip: 2/22/2017 | 9m 54sVideo has Closed Captions
Thomas Zurbuchen, head of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, announced that seven Earth-sized planets have been discovered orbiting a red dwarf star some 40 light years from Earth. We speak about the discovery with a local astronomer from the Adler Planetarium.
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