Her co-founder and fellow Stanford professor Andrew Ng said the online courses would open up university to many more students and "credit-bearing college courses is ahugemilestone toward that goal".
Seager called the discovery of the three planets "a hugemilestone, " but her excitement is tempered because potentially habitable planets have been announced in the past and there's currently no way to get more details, given how far away they are.
Project co-ordinator, and PowerSmart MD, Mike Basset-Smith said that the move represented a"milestone of huge importance" for Tokelau, as it would now be able to spend more on social welfare.