A star system containing two potentially habitable Earth-like planets is being targeted by scientists searching for extra-terrestrial intelligence.
In the coming months, astronomers will turn an array of radio telescope dishes towards Kepler-62, a star smaller and dimmer than the Sun about 1,000 light years away in the constellation Lyra.
A pair of so-called 'super-Earths' have been detected within the 'habitable zone' of the star, the orbital region where temperatures are just warm enough to allow bodies of surface water such as oceans and lakes.
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