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The exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 e takes its turn in the JWST's spotlight

When the JWST finally began its long-awaited science operations in July 2022, there was a long list of targets awaiting its ...

Study finds exoplanet TRAPPIST-1e is unlikely to have a Venus- or Mars-like atmosphere

In the search for habitable exoplanets, atmospheric conditions play a key role in determining if a planet can sustain liquid ...
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In Search of Other Worlds: What Is an Exoplanet?

These distant worlds are called exoplanets: planets that exist outside our solar system. Most of the exoplanets scientists have discovered so far orbit stars within the Milky Way, but some lie even ...
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JWST Helps Examine Atmosphere of Exoplanet 40 Light Years Away and in the Goldilocks Zone

The study leveraged the power of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the successor to the Hubble Space Telescope, to try ...
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Potentially habitable, Earth-size exoplanet TRAPPIST-1e may have an atmosphere, James Webb telescope hints

Scientists studying the rocky exoplanet TRAPPIST-1e may have found hints of an atmosphere. If confirmed, it could be an ...