Red Earth | Tens of billions of Earthlike planets orbit red dwarf stars in our galaxy. Scientists who recently completed a star survey estimate that about 41% of red dwarf stars have super-Earths orbiting at a distance at which surface water would be liquid. This includes includes Gliese 667 Cc (illustrated here by Ron Miller), a super-Earth orbiting one star in a three-star system about 22 light-years from our solar system.
https://gizmodo.com/tens-of-billions-of-inhabitable-planets-could-be-floati-5897131
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