Trappist-1

Official webpage for the TRAPPIST-1 system

If we want to know more about whether life could survive on a planet outside our solar system, it’s important to know the age of its star.

Earlier this year, NASA made headlines when they reported the discovery of seven Earth-sized planets just 40 light years away. Three of the TRAPPIST-1 planets...

The planetary system, located 40 light years away from Earth, is considered a candidate for finding life outside our solar system.

An international team of astronomers used the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope to estimate whether there might be water on the seven earth-sized planets orbiting the nearby dwarf star TRAPPIST-1. The results suggest that the outer planets of the system might still harbour substantial amounts of water. This includes the three planets within the habitable zone of the star, lending further weight to the possibility that they may indeed be habitable.

A new Hubble study suggests possible substantial water on the outer Earth-sized planets orbiting nearby dwarf star TRAPPIST-1.

The Earth-sized planets in the TRAPPIST-1 system could still harbor large amounts of water, despite large losses from UV radiation, a new study shows.

Life has had a long time to get a foothold on the rocky planets circling the tiny, dim star TRAPPIST-1, a new study suggests.

The potentially Earth-like planets in the TRAPPIST-1 system may not be so conducive to life after all, two new studies report.

Seven Earth-sized planets have been observed by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope around a tiny, nearby, ultra-cool dwarf star called TRAPPIST-1.

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