Hubble delivers first insight into atmospheres of potentially habitable planets orbiting TRAPPIST-1

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Hubble delivers first insight into atmospheres of potentially habitable planets orbiting TRAPPIST-1

An international team of astronomers has used the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope to look for atmospheres around four Earth-sized planets orbiting within or near TRAPPIST-1’s habitable zone. The new results further support the terrestrial and potentially habitable nature of three of the studied planets. The results are published in Nature Astronomy.