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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Tim Hanlon

Seven planet solar system in 'habitable range' viewed by James Webb telescope

A solar system of seven planets has been viewed by the James Webb Space Telescope that could have water on them and be habitable.

The most powerful space science telescope ever launched, costing £7.6 million, has been providing stunning and revealing images in what is being seen as a new era of astronomical discovery.

Now NASA’s telescope has picked out an eagerly anticipated system of planets that are all roughly the same size as Earth and are circling the star TRAPPIST-1, which is 39 light years from Earth.

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