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Artist’s impression of the TRAPPIST-1 planetary system

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ESO/Novapix

Reference

a-exo99-33300

Date

2017-02-24

This artist’s impression shows the view from the surface of one of the planets in the TRAPPIST-1 system. At least seven planets orbit this ultra cool dwarf star 40 light-years from Earth in Aquarius constellation and they are all roughly the same size as the Earth. They are at the right distances from their star for liquid water to exist on the surfaces of several of them.