Its 9am in singapore and 1am in london and 8pm in the evening in washington, where nasa has announced the discovery of seven planets, all of which have the potential to hold life. The cluster of new worlds orbit a smaller star less than a0 light years away. Now, more research is planned to discover whether conditions on the planets are likely to support living organisms. Our science editor, David Shukman has the details. An artists impression of a startling discovery deep in space, around a faint and distant star, much weaker than our sun, is a collection of planets that are surprisingly similar to earth. In all, seven of these worlds have been spotted, and astronomers think it may change the way we look at the night sky. The discovery gives us a hint that finding a second earth is notjust a matter of if, but when. An array of telescopes kept watch on one point in space and what the scientists were looking for were tiny clues about the light of a particular star becoming dimmer, on a r
The stunning discovery in space. Tonight, seven earthsized planets all orbiting a nearby star, and what else they have now revealed. Good evening, and its great to have you with us here on a wednesday night, and we begin tonight with americans across this country determined to have their voices heard, and their target, members of Congress Home for break. What they are getting instead is an earful. Some voters angry with President Trump. Others demanding more from congress. This town meeting in iowa, with senator joni ernst is one of many. Voters are demanding to know what is the replacement for obamacare if it goes. Others investigating who is investigating russias meddling, and voters putting these missing signs on milk cartons to call them out. Tonight t white house is calling some of these voters professional protesters. President trump with a different description. Abcs matt gutman leading us off. Reporter across the nation, scenes like this. Reporter so constituents decided to sho
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New research may have identified a culprit molecule that caused Venus, often described as Earth's twin, to lose its water and become an inhospitable hellscape.