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A search for habitable worlds. >> the discovery itself is exciting but what makes it even more exciting is that all seven planets are perfectly suited for a future by space telescopes. the star in the solar system is smaller and fainter than our start which means it'll be easier for the telescopes to see and study the atmosphere around the planets and the solar system is only 40 light-years away. i say only because that's relatively close in astronomical terms. it would still take you about 40 million years to get there by an airplane. >> bret: amazing. thanks. do you think there is life elsew...

>> it's been pretty intense. >> incredible popup business that will end on a certain day. >> right. >> potentially. >> asher and his family plan to give a portion of the proceeds to charity as well. here's a look at some of the other top stories we're monitoring. pope francis will be heading to israel in the new year. an official israeli source says the visit is scheduled for the end of may. the vatican would not confirm the exact dates of the trip. the pope made other news this week calling for more radical changes in the catholic church in his first written document titled "the joy of the ...

You just can't leave stuff up in space, but that's what we have brn -- we have been doing for 50 years. >> you have no solutions for this? >> i have no idea what we should do. stay inside maybe. >> stay inside would be a good thing. >> there are no solutions. >> there are no solution to this. >> what kind of debris are we talking about? >> well, we have old space telescopes and our telescope no longer works. we president cay -- we can hunt planets and get hit by space junk. >> that's terrifying. >> i think we have another story. do we have another story? keep going? local fisherman recently ca...

Jon: well, expect some cosmic-sized fireworks and could be here just in time for the 4th. rick folbaum live in the newsroom with details on that. >> reporter: nasa says a powerful solar flare has already erupted on the surface of the son sun. what scientists call a wave of plasma that will create a majestic light display we'll see perhaps this 4th of july. several space telescopes are monitoring the sun around the clock. they're anticipating this event. it is expected to be one of several strong solar storms in the days ahead. nasa says on the scale of sun storms this is kind of a medium-sized...