An exoplanet in the TRAPPIST-1 system might host an Earth-like ocean world

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Researchers simulated the environmental states for each planet in TRAPPIST-1 system using updated climate models

One of the seven rocky planets orbiting the TRAPPIST-1 red dwarf star likely hosts an Earth-like ocean world, claims new research by a team of astronomers, who used updated climate models to analys...

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