"1 Star, 3 Exoplanets: The Potentially Habitable TRAPPIST-1 System in Images"

[Ghost in the Machine]

1 Star, 3 Exoplanets: The Potentially Habitable TRAPPIST-1 System in Images
By Tariq Malik, Space.com Managing Editor | May 2, 2016 01:28pm ET


TRAPPIST-1: An Alien Solar System
ESO/M. Kornmesser

On May 2, 2016, scientists announced the discovery of TRAPPIST-1, an alien solar system 40 light-years from Earth with a tiny, ultracool dwarf star and three small exoplanets that just might be habitable. See imaginary views of the TRAPPIST-1 system in this slideshow. HERE: An artist's view of the TRAPPIST-1 star system as seen from near one of the three alien planets circling their dim parent star. Read our full story on the TRAPPIST-1 planets.

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Peace,

Ghost

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1. That's it! I'm packing my bags and

moving to TRAPPIST-1!