James Webb Peers Into TRAPPIST-1, a Star System Full of Earth-Like Planets - Newsweek

The rocky worlds have the potential to harbor liquid water, but until now scientists have been unable to tell if they have atmospheres.

The James Webb Space Telescope has started peering at the most tantalizing candidates for life elsewhere in the universe—a group of exoplanets in the star system known as TRAPPIST-1. It means that i… [+5958 chars]

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