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Tau Ceti's planets nearest around single, Sun-like star

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-20770103


 


The nearest single Sun-like star to the Earth hosts five planets - one of which is in the "habitable zone" where liquid water can exist, astronomers say.


 


Tau Ceti's planetary quintet - reported in an online paper that will appear in Astronomy and Astrophysics - was found in existing planet-hunting data.


 


The study's refined methods of sifting through data should help find even more far-flung worlds.


 


The star now joins Alpha Centauri as a nearby star known to host planets.


 


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