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Scientists searching for life as we know it on alien worlds typically focus on planets around stars like our own G-type sun. And some scientists believe that life can also develop on planets orbiting smaller, cooler stars. But a recent ...

Earth-like planets around white dwarf stars may provide habitable environments.

New data from the European Southern Observatory’s HARPS planet-hunting telescope suggests there could be ten billion Earth-like planets in our galaxy.