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New research claims that TRAPPIST-1 solar system has two planets in the same position as Earth and Mars

Researchers pinpoint the third and fourth Earth-like exo-planets out of the seven called TRAPPIST-1d and TRAPPIST-1e in the TRAPPIST-1 solar system.

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Earth-sized planets orbiting dwarf star TRAPPIST-1 may have water: Study

The outer Earth-sized planets orbiting the nearby dwarf star TRAPPIST-1 might still harbour substantial amounts of water, suggest results of a new study.

The TRAPPIST-1 system had enough time for life to evolve as it is older than the solar system

The TRAPPIST-1 system is between 5.4 billion and 9.8 billion years old. Our solar system is 4.5 billion years old.

Researchers and musicians translate the TRAPPIST-1 planetary system into a musical instrument

The repeating pattern of transits used to discover the planets in the TRAPPIST-1 system has been translated into a melody.

Astronomers detect "strange signals" eminating from a star 11 light years away

A team of astronomers has claimed to have picked up "strange signals" emanating from a star 11 light years away.

Researchers discover smallest known star, about twelve times smaller than the Sun

If the star were to be any smaller, it is believed that the pressure would be too much to allow for the fusion of hydrogen nuclei into helium.

Flares from ultracool dwarf stars may threaten the habitability on rocky exoplanets

Frequent solar flares from the host star could be a problem as far as habitability of the exoplanets in orbit around red dwarf stars are concerned.

Astronomers discover "hottest gas giant" planet with more than 4,300 degrees of temperature

Because the planet is tidally locked to its star, one side of the planet is always facing toward the star, and one side is in perpetual darkness.

NASA astronomers figure out the intricate dance of exoplanets in the TRAPPIST-1 system

The planets are locked in an orbital resonance, each gravitationally tugging the next planet, and keeping it in place.