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This handout image obtained from the European Southern Observatory (ESO) shows an artist's impression shows an imagined view from close to one of the three planets orbiting an ultracool dwarf star just 40 light-years from Earth that were discovered using the TRAPPIST telescope at ESO's La Silla Observatory. Seven planets recently spotted orbiting a dim star in our Milky Way galaxy, are rocky, have water, and are potentially "habitable", researchers studying the distant system said on February 5, 2018. Though much remains unknown about the planets' surface and atmosphere and the chances of them harbouring even rudimentary life, new measurements have not ruled out the possibility, they reported. / AFP PHOTO / European Southern Observatory / HO / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / European Southern Observatory" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS