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urmomaisjabbathehutt t1_ixfiuco wrote

The star is a type K red dwarf if i remember correctly, several of the planets lie in the temperate zone are near earth size and expected to contain large amounts of volatiles (hence atmospheres, possible water...)

a possible issue in such compact system with planets orbiting so close to the star could be solar flares sterilising the nearby planets but who knows trapist 1 contains 7 known planets so i'm sure we will learn something

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