Astronomers discover ancient worlds from another galaxy next door

An international team of scientists, led by astronomers at Queen Mary University of London, report of two new planets orbiting Kapteyn's star, one of the oldest stars found near the Sun. One of the newly-discovered planets could be ripe for life as it orbits at the right distance to the star to allow liquid water on its surface. The team report their findings in a letter to the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Discovered at the end of the 19th century and named after th...