Artist's Concept of the TRAPPIST-1 System (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Artist's Concept of the TRAPPIST-1 System

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This artist's concept portrays the seven rocky exoplanets within the TRAPPIST-1 system, located 40 light-years from Earth. Astronomers will observe these worlds with Webb in an effort to detect the first atmosphere of an Earth-sized planet beyond our solar system.

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Credits: NASA and JPL/Caltech

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