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New Habitable Planets Discovered

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One of them is 'like a Hawaiian world.'

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David A. Aguilar/Center for Astrophysics

Does this mean we can start packing our bags? NASA astronomers have discovered two planets with ideal conditions for life—that is, they're just the right size and just the right distance from their star.

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