Otherworldly triple play

Astronomers have discovered the first known system of three superEarths beyond the solar system

NANTES, France — Astronomers have discovered the first known system around a distant star with three planets categorized as superEarths.

SUPEREARTHS An artist’s depiction of three new exoplanets orbiting a star called HD 40307. ESO

The three extrasolar planets, all presumably rocky, range in mass from 4.2