TRAPPIST-1 b is one of seven rocky planets orbiting the star TRAPPIST-1, located 40 light-years away. The planetary system is unique because it allows astronomers to study seven Earth-like planets ...
That means unchanged by stellar and space weathering processes, suggesting that the surface of TRAPPIST-1b is very young, only up to 1,000 years old. In turn, that implies activity, such as magmatic ...
Here are some pics of most earth-like exoplanets uploaded by NASA: Gliese 667Cc, 22 light-years from Earth, is 4.5 times Earth's mass, orbits its cooler red dwarf star in 28 days, and likely resides ...
NASA just announced something fantastic! A solar system 39 light years from Earth with seven exoplanets. But that's not the best part: Each planet is similar in size to Earth. This doesn't mean ...
The specific planet observed in this case is Trappist-1b, which orbits closest in to the dwarf star Trappist-1. You may recall the Trappist-1 system excited astronomers when it was first found a ...