The TRAPPIST-1 system has fascinated astronomers and the general public alike since it was revealed by NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope in February 2017. Now, a series of four studies from the ...

This artist's concept shows what the TRAPPIST-1 planetary system may look like. TRAPPIST-1 fascinates planetary scientists. Just 39 light-years from us exist seven planets orbiting a star. It’s not an ...

Forty light-years away, seven Earth-sized planets orbit around a dim red dwarf star in one of the most tightly packed ...

The James Webb Space Telescope is able to peer closely at exoplanets one at a time and examine their atmospheres with unprecedented accuracy. But perhaps the most exciting planetary targets will be a ...

TRAPPIST-1 would be an unremarkable star if not for the scientific interest generated by its seven planets. Astronomers first spotted the new worlds, at least three of which might be habitable, in ...

Hope was ignited in the science community when researchers discovered that three of the seven Earth-size planets orbiting TRAPPIST-1, a cool red dwarf about 40 light-years from Earth, are within the ...

Just 40 light-years from Earth, the TRAPPIST-1 system of planets is home to the largest family of Earth-like worlds known to astronomers. At least seven planets are known to orbit within the ...

Astronomers have begun using the James Webb Space Telescope to study the TRAPPIST-1 solar system. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech Scientists have waited on pins and needles for more details about the ...

Astronomers have finally confirmed how the TRAPPIST-1 system manages to survive. Its seven Earth-sized planets orbit the star in a perfectly synchronized fashion. The rest of this article is behind a ...

The space agency said the TRAPPIST-1 star is between 5.4 and 9.8 billion years old. In comparison, our own solar system was formed around 4.5 billion years ago. I'm PCMag's managing editor for ...

The Trappist-1 system, shown here in an artist's conception, has seven known planets, but only three are thought to be habitable. An international scientific team led by Patrick Barth from the ...