Reading view

There are new articles available, click to refresh the page.

Webb Telescope Studies Hopeful Hint of Earthlike Atmosphere on Trappist-1e Planet

Scientists are steadily ruling out habitable conditions on the seven planets of the star Trappist-1. On one of the worlds, a nitrogen gas-rich veil remains a possibility.

© NASA, ESA, CSA, J. Olmsted (STScI)

An artist’s concept of the Trappist-1 system with the Earth-size exoplanet Trappist-1e, at lower right, silhouetted as it passes in front of its flaring host star.
❌