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This artist’s impression shows an imagined view from the surface one of the three exoplanets orbiting the ultracool dwarf star TRAPPIST-1 38.8 light-years from Earth. These alien worlds have sizes and temperatures similar to those of Venus and Earth. In this view one of the inner planets is seen in transit across the disc of TRAPPIST-1. Image credit: M. Kornmesser / ESO.

Two Earth-Size Worlds in TRAPPIST-1 System Reveal Stark Divide Between Day and Night

Apr 13, 2026 by News Staff

New Webb observations of two exoplanets TRAPPIST-1b and TRAPPIST-1c show blistering days and frozen nights, offering the first detailed climate maps of...

With a dayside temperature of roughly 380 K (107 degrees Celsius, 225 degrees Fahrenheit), TRAPPIST-1c is now the coolest rocky exoplanet ever characterized based on thermal emission. Image credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / Joseph Olmsted, STScI.

TRAPPIST-1c Has Very Thin, Carbon Dioxide-Poor Atmosphere

Jun 23, 2023 by News Staff

Seven rocky planets orbit the nearby dwarf star TRAPPIST-1, providing a unique opportunity to search for atmospheres on small planets outside the Solar...

Exoplanets TRAPPIST-1b and c Confirmed to be Rocky

Jul 21, 2016 by Enrico de Lazaro

TRAPPIST-1b and c, the two innermost planets in the three-planet system TRAPPIST-1, are primarily rocky, unlike gas giants such as Jupiter, according to...