New discovery by scientists reveals likelihood of alien life on a planet in star system

Scientists have made a discovery which raises the likelihood of finding alien life on one of the planet’s orbiting a distant star called TRAPPIST-1.

It’s been claimed that some of the seven Earth-sized worlds in this star system may have been able to hold onto an atmosphere for more than one billion years at a time – a crucial factor in the development of life.

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A team of scientists from universities including Harvard and Princeton have just published a paper discussing the ‘implications for habitability’ which came from an analysis of the atmospheres of these planets.

TRAPPIST-1 is an ‘ultracool dwarf star’ that’s 39.6 light-years from Earth and older than our own. If one of its planets has an atmosphere, that could mean it’s home to life.

 

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