urmomaisjabbathehutt t1_ixfiuco wrote
Reply to comment by sanitation123 in JWST identifies the first concrete evidence of photochemistry (chemical reactions initiated by energetic stellar light) and sulfur dioxide in an exoplanet atmosphere by Easy_Money_
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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