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Measuring the atmosphere of the planet Trappist-1b. NASA/MIT figure

Two new types of planets have been discovered by the Webb Space Telescope

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For the first time, the temperature of a rocky planet was measured, as well as a planet similar to Jupiter but containing large amounts of heavy elements
Simulation of the surface of the sky as it might be seen from the surface of the planet TRAPPIST-1f, one of the three new planets found in the host region of the dwarf star TRAPPIST-1. The seven planets in his planetary system are so close together that they can be clearly seen from the surface of one of them. Imaging: NASA/JPL-Caltech.

A system of seven Earth-like planets was discovered, three of them in the zone suitable for the existence of liquid water

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