Wednesday, December 10, 2025

New Results from the JWST Suggest that TRAPPIST-1e Might Have a Methane Atmosphere, Though Caution is Advised

Located about 39 light-years from Earth, the TRAPPIST system resembles a miniature version of our Solar System. Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/Joseph Olmsted (STScI)

An international team of astronomers has published a series of papers detailing their observations of the rocky exoplanet TRAPPIST-1e using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Their results, though ambiguous, are a big step towards exoplanet characterization.



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