TRAPPIST-1 is a star system that comprises of seven Earth sized planets, out of which three are in the Goldilocks zone.

In the constellation Aquarius, invisible to the naked eye, lies a star that might change history. Home to seven mysterious planets—each around the size of our own Earth—the TRAPPIST-1 system is ...

Thirty years ago this week, two Swiss astronomers announced that they had spotted the first known planet orbiting a Sun-like ...

St. Andrews University physicists who looked at the planet said that the research conjures "two possible explanations." ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope are unraveling the mysteries of TRAPPIST-1e, an Earth-sized exoplanet 40 ...

A study led by Howard Chen looks to explain what NASA space telescopes are missing in the search for life beyond Earth.

Exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 e may contain an atmosphere and liquid water, NASA scientists said. Research into the exoplanet is ongoing.

In the vast depths of the universe, do planets similar to Earth exist, nurturing the miracle of life? Today, let us turn our attention to the TRAPPIST-1 system, located about 40 light-years from Earth ...

Espinoza and his colleagues focused on TRAPPIST-1 e, the fourth planet from the star in the system, in a study published last week in The Astrophysical Journal Letters. Four observations performed in ...

Scientists did not find a robust atmosphere around TRAPPIST-1d, an Earth-size exoplanet many hoped would show signs of having air. Credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / J. Olmsted illustration As scientists ...

Dr Ryan MacDonald, lecturer in extrasolar planets in the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of St Andrews, said: “TRAPPIST-1e has long been considered one of the best habitable zone ...

Space scientists look back on three decades of exoplanet discoveries—from rows of massive ‘super-Earths‘ to worlds with ...