Tag: Trappist

  • Some Trappist Planets Could Have Life Friendly Atmospheres

    by gulaiym

    It’s still too early to pack your bags for TRAPPIST-1. But two new studies probe the likely compositions of the seven Earth-sized worlds orbiting the cool, dim star, and some are looking better and better as places to live (SN: 3/18/17, p. 6). New mass measurements suggest that the septet probably have rocky surfaces and possibly thin atmospheres, researchers report […]

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