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  • Released Monday, May 29, 2017
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A system of seven Earth-sized exoplanets has the potential for liquid water.

A system of seven Earth-sized exoplanets has the potential for liquid water.

The TRAPPIST-1 system of seven rocky worlds is an exciting discovery in the search for life on other worlds.

If a person was standing on one planet’s surface, they could gaze up and see their neighboring worlds, as suggested in this illustration.

If a person was standing on one planet’s surface, they could gaze up and see their neighboring worlds, as suggested in this illustration.

TRAPPIST-1's star is an ultra-cool dwarf, so cool that liquid water could survive on planets orbiting closer than Mercury does to our sun.

TRAPPIST-1's star is an ultra-cool dwarf, so cool that liquid water could survive on planets orbiting closer than Mercury does to our sun.

The Spitzer Space Telescope is situated over 130 million miles away from Earth following our planet in its orbit around the sun.

The Spitzer Space Telescope is situated over 130 million miles away from Earth following our planet in its orbit around the sun.

For More Information

See NASA.gov

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NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio

Video and Images courtesy of NASA/JPL/CalTech

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