So you’ve gone and destroyed the planet you called home. It was inevitable. Climate change reached the tipping point. Famine and disease ravaged humanity. A noxious information ecosystem sent society ...
The James Webb Space Telescope is able to peer closely at exoplanets one at a time and examine their atmospheres with unprecedented accuracy. But perhaps the most exciting planetary targets will be a ...
Efforts to observe the atmospheres of planets in the TRAPPIST-1 system are being stymied by rambunctious activity on the surface of the red dwarf star at its center, new findings from the James Webb ...
NASA paints quite the picture: "Take a trip with the Exoplanet Travel Bureau to the fourth planet in the TRAPPIST-1 system, TRAPPIST-1e, a world swimming in water in perpetual twilight. Its sister ...
The TRAPPIST-1 star system is home to seven Earth-size planets, and a new study suggests that 3 of those planets' atmospheres look similar to atmospheres found on rocky planets such as Venus or Mars.
It's been almost a year since astronomers announced the discovery of seven Earth-sized exoplanets in the TRAPPIST-1 system. Just 40 light-years away, TRAPPIST-1 is one of the clearest case studies ...
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When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Spotting signs of life in an alien planet's atmosphere may be tougher than scientists had thought ...
The discovery of seven Earth-sized planets orbiting a (relatively) nearby dwarf star raises plenty of questions. Could they possibly harbor liquid water? What are the conditions like and what kind of ...
It's been just eight months since scientists announced their discovery of a small dim star called TRAPPIST-1 and the seven rocky planets that orbit it—but the news keeps coming. Scientists already ...
After its discovery, Trappist-1 instantly became one of the most interesting stars in the Milky Way, with seven Earth-sized planets including three in the life-supporting "habitable zone." But, why ...