SUN
TRAPPIST-1
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The Trappist-1 red dwarf is surrounded by seven
Earth-like rocky planets, which all orbit closer to
the star than Mercury does to the Sun.
Tiny stellar system
TRAPPIST-1
TRAPPIST-1 HAS
A DIAMETER
OF ONLY 150,000 KM
– OR 1/10 OF THE SUN'S.
SHUTTERSTOCK
SPACE EXOPLANETS