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Tereza Pultarova

James Webb Space Telescope finds no atmosphere on Earth-like TRAPPIST-1 exoplanet

A visualisation of the Trappist-1b exoplanet.

New measurements by the James Webb Space Telescope found that a rocky exoplanet orbiting a star known as TRAPPIST-1 most likely has no atmosphere. 

The finding squashes hopes that this intriguing world might host life. But don't despair — there are six more Earth-like exoplanets in the TRAPPIST-1 star system, and now that Webb has proven its ability to study them, we can hope for some more exciting news in the not so distant future.

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