Five new planets discovered just 12 light-years away
Another sidereal day , another mind - bending heavenly uncovering . It was only yesterday that we state you about Philip Gregory ’s claim that there arethree planets sitting inside Gliese 667C ’s habitable zone(his report is still under recapitulation and isyet to be published ) . And now , Hugh Jones of the University of Hertfordshire and his colleagues have announced the discovery of five planets orbiting around Tau Ceti , a superstar that ’s just 12 light - years out — and one that very close resembles our own sunlight ....