Our galaxy might be full of liveable worlds like our own, after astronomers spotted another two Earth-like planets in the ‘habitable zone’ in a nearby star.

Researchers found two planets with Earth-like masses orbiting the star GJ 1002, a red dwarf that is less than 16 light years from the Solar System.

Red dwarf stars are small and cool in temperature, and are the most common type of star in our Milky Way galaxy.

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Alejandro Suarez Mascareno, a researcher at the Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias in the Canary Islands, said: “Nature seems bent on showing us that Earth-like planets are very common.

“With these two we now know seven in planetary systems quite near to the Sun.”

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