Tag: Trappist1

Possibly habitable Trappist-1 exoplanet caught destroying its own atmosphere

Scientists have discovered that a potentially habitable planet is having its atmosphere stripped, a process that may eventually render the world, Trappist-1e, inhospitable to life. The stripping appears to be caused by electric currents created as the planet races around its red dwarf host star. It’s a significant discovery because the Trappist-1 system, in which this […]